Journey South Pays Off For NH Players

The recent New Zealand National Championships was hosted by Waikato Badminton and attracted players from around the the country.  North Harbour was represented well with many winners from the previous week’s North Harbour Open, hoping to replicate their success. With a smaller entry than the North Harbour Open, this allowed for finals to be played…

Firsts At The North Harbour Open 2021

The North Harbour Open was run from 25-27 June with a very large entry of 98 players.  With the restictions of worldwide overseas travel, we had the pleasure of hosting Hsuan-Yu (Wendy) Chen from Australia who is participating at the Tokyo Olympics later this month.  Wendy, as many International badminton players around the world, have…

Badminton Around The North Island

The North Harbour u13 and u19 players had busy weekends with tournaments in Palmerston North and Waitakere respectively.  The u13 players traveled to the home of Manawatu Badminton to compete at the Manawatu/North Island u13 Championships.  A very large contingent of 18+ players traveled the long distance to be a part of this competition. It…

Clean Sweep For NH Juniors

The North Harbour junior teams had their first team tournament in two years, playing in the Northern Region Local Derby Competition. Our three u13 teams made up a total of 13 x u13 teams from the Northern Region district that converged on Badminton Waitakere for the two day event.  The North Harbour teams played very…

It was a weekend full of quality matches and talented juniors.  The North Harbour u13 Open had the title of being the biggest sanctioned u13 event in the history of New Zealand badminton and it did not disappoint.  With 197 matches to complete in the two day event, it was always going to be a…

North Harbour Singles Battle

The men’s singles final at the 2021 North Island/Waikato Open was nothing short of a spectacular match taking over one hour to complete. The top seed, Edward Lau had a comfortable run through his previous matches to reach the final.  His apponent, fellow North Harbour player Ricky Cheng was unseeded, but also had relatively straight…

Submission to Auckland Council Long Term Plan

HAVE YOUR SAY WITH REGARD TO SPORT – YOUR VOICE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN to “Have your say on Councils 10-year Budget 2021-2031” and it’s EXTREMELY IMPORTANT the sports sector ensures their voice is heard. The Sport & Rec sector needs as many submissions as possible to ensure appropriate funding is going…