NORTH HARBOUR LADDER COMPETITION This is a great opportunity to gain some match play before representative ties begin. Get together with your team mates and jump on court each week for some competitive play. Information is out and entry is open for the 2017 singles, doubles and mixed doubles ladder competitions. Singles Ladder: 10 April…
The heat is on and the rain is falling at the CASA DEL SOLE Noumea International 2017. North Harbour have a number of players who are competing across four International tournaments in the coming week. The Casa Del Sole Noumea International, Victor Oceania Championships, Victor Oceania Junior Championships and the Victor Oceania Junior Team Championships will…
SUMMER LEAGUE 2017 With the year quickly coming to an end, it is time to start gathering your friends and colleagues for the New Year Summer League competition. Start date is Wednesday 1 February and the event will run for up to seven weeks. There will be play on Monday 6 February (Waitangi Day). Entry…
Albany Shore United Badminton Club, who were originally two clubs that merged (Albany Ladies & Shore United) today celebrated 30 years of playing badminton together. The club has had many players over the years with today being a celebration of friendship and continued good times. It was a pleasure that North Harbour management could celebrate…
North Harbour’s members turned out for the annual awards evening on 18 November to celebrate all things badminton for the 2016 season. The evening was a great success with lots of stories being told, good food being eaten and awards being presented. Congratulations to the following special award winners: Volunteer of the Year TK Lam…
North Harbour player, Anona Pak has taken out the prestigous Sportswoman of the Year at the Massey Blues Awards – Manawatū Campus. Anona has had a very successful year in badminton with National titles in women’s doubles and mixed doubles and runner up in the women’s doubles at the Maurice’s Pools and Spas Waikato International…
The New Zealand u19 National Championships has concluded in Canterbury with Oscar Guo playing for another three National titles (already 3 at u17 level), however the young North Harbour player was denied, being beaten in the mixed doubles final by Dacmen Vong (AK) and girl’s singles winner Josefine Jensen (WKO). However, he did pick up…
Congratulations to North Harbour player’s Oscar Guo, Charmaine Wu & Tamara Otene on winning National badminton titles at the NZ u17 National Championships. Oscar took triple titles to be the most successful player at the tournament. Charmaine Wu won the girls’ doubles while Tamara Otene won the mixed doubles. Tamara was also runner up in…
Shaunna Li (NH) has won two titles at the New Zealand u15 National Championships. Her first win on finals day was against #1 seed Roanne Apolosik (WTK) in the girl’s singles. Shaunna didn’t have it all her own way, having to take the match to three games, but eventually winning 14-21 21-6 21-14. She backed…
Badminton North Harbour players had a very successful New Zealand National Championships with three titles and two runners-up places. Oscar Guo made it two wins from two encounters in his battle with Waikato’s TJ Weistra after defeating him at the Division 1 Inter-association Championships earlier this year. It was a tight fought match with Oscar…