NH Scoop The Pool Winning Wisden & Slazenger Cups

It was a very successful week for North Harbour at the recent New Zealand Division 1 & 2 Inter-association Championships held at Waitakere Badminton Assoc. Going into the event top seeds in both divisions, North Harbour had a long and hard road ahead in order to keep these places come the end of the tournament.…

Double Success For North Harbour Juniors

The North Harbour Junior Representative teams have just returned from a very successful New Zealand Junior Team Championships in Palmerston North.  We had six teams representing all age groups from u13 through to u19 which called for alot of organisation, commitment and volunteers from coaches, managers and parent helpers – a traveling party of 68…

North Harbour Hit High @ North Island Champs

North Harbour u17 players have taken all five titles at the North Island/North Harbour u17 Open that was held at North Harbour over the weekend.  The entry of 79 players was a great turn out with a lot of badminton being played over the two days. Results as follows: Click here to view the full…

International Coach Visits North Harbour

Former Danish coach, Lars Uhre is in New Zealand courtesy of Badminton New Zealand to share his knowledge with New Zealand players and coaches.  The North Harbour junior and senior squads were fortunate to learn from him both on and off the court this week.  Lars will be traveling around the country so if you…

Mixed Results for North Harbour Junior Teams

The North Harbour u13, u15 and u17 teams played in the Northern Region Local Derby competition recently with mixed results. The u13 team played their event at Waitakere Badminton and finished third behind Waitakere and Auckland 2 respectively. The u15 team played their event at North Harbour Badminton, finishing in third place behind Auckland 1…

North Harbour u13 Open Success

North Harbour’s Chris Benzie has finished runner up in the boy’s singles at the North Harbour u13 Open recently.  His singles final against Auckland’s Ethan Chuang was a hard fought battle that went to three games with Ethan coming out the victor 21-18 23-25 21-12.  Congratulations to all players that participated in this fun filled…

Five Events – Five Titles for North Harbour u17s

North Harbour players did exceptionally well at the recent Auckland u17 Open. The boys singles was won by Edward Lau and runner up was fellow North Harbour player Joshua Feng.  Shaunna Li dominated the girls singles and then teamed up with Tamara Otene (NH) in the girls doubles to take that title as well. The…