COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS) UPDATE Due to concern for the Badminton community, Badminton New Zealand announced today that they were cancelling and/or postponing all Badminton New Zealand led sanctioned events from the 23rd of March through until the 27th of April. This will include tournaments and Inter Association competitions. This is in-line with a number of other…
COMMUNITY NOTICE Our community’s health comes first in badminton decisions. Participants, players, coaches, officials, volunteers and their families’ health is the main priority for all badminton decisions during the rapidly developing COVID – 19 situation. It’s vital the badminton community adheres to measures regarding travel and self-isolation put in place by the New Zealand Government,…
Over the past few weekends, Waitakere Badminton has hosted the u13 & u17 Opens. North Harbour juniors were involved in both events with good results: u13 Tony Yu/Shuyu Lu – Runner up Mixed Doubles Tony Yu/Mads Siegemund (AKL) – Winner Boys Doubles Tony Yu – Winner Boys Singles Yanxi Liu/Natalie Ting – Runner up Girls…
North Harbour featured in all five finals at the North Island Auckland Open 2020 from 31 January – 2 February 2020. Newcomer to New Zealand Neeraj Vashist (WKO) had the crowd and players talking with his level of ability as he progressed through to the men’s singles final against North Harbour’s Jack Jiang. Vashist was…
Badminton North Harbour have celebrated a very successful 2019 year at their annual award evening. Players, volunteers, technical officials and supporters were recognised for their contribution to North Harbour. Included in the nights awards were trophies and prizes for the North Harbour Ladder competition, North Harbour Closed Championships, Interclub, the Inter-association competition and North Harbour’s…
Badminton North Harbour have walked away with eleven trophies at the 2018 & 2019 Badminton New Zealand Awards Night in Wellington. With many of our players competing and training overseas at present, it was a busy night for North Harbour’s CE, Glenn Cox, who accepted the awards on behalf of the recipients. The many achievements…
Many of our volunteers were able to attend our volunteer dinner at The Elephant Wrestler earlier this week where Badminton North Harbour had the chance to say a big thank you to them. As a non profit sport, we rely heavily on volunteers for helping during events. No matter how much time they can give,…
Badminton North Harbour juniors celebrated their successes recently at their annual prizegiving. Most Improved and Fair Play awards were presented to players from each junior team with an overall Most Improved Junior receiving the perpetual trophy. The winners are: Team Most Improved Fair Play u13 I Tony Yu Elsa Lu u13 II Alex Chapman Melody…
Two North Harbour juniors have been recognised by Massey University at their annual Blues Awards night for Sporting Excellence. Edward Lau was named Auckland Campus Sportsman of the Year while Catelyn Rozario was also recognised as a Blues Award recipient. Both were unable to attend the evenings celebrations due to them being part of the…
The North Harbour u17 Open has concluded after reaching record numbers for a North Harbour junior event. The tournament attracted 89 players from around the North Island in an event that was played from 10-11 August 2019. With 208 matches to play, it was a very busy time for all involved. Congratulations to North Harbour’s…