IT COULDN’T HAVE BEEN CLOSER Team Omega has won their semi final 110-109 in this morning’s tie against Team Zeta. It came down to the last match where Oscar was playing the #2 mixed doubles with Thi Anh Thu Vu from Vietnam. Trailing by 1 point going into this match they won 12-10 to secure…
North Harbour’s Oscar Guo is representing New Zealand at the upcoming Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. North Harbour has another badminton player attending the games, but will be playing beach vollyball for her country. Tamara Otene, who has been a North Harbour and New Zealand representative in badminton will combine with her playing…
North Harbour’s Julie Carrel has been recognised for her contribution to badminton through the Westlake Girls Alumni newsletter. The article highlights a number of former pupils who have made successful careers for themselves in their chosen fields. Following the article is a photo of the Westlake Girls High School Badminton Team who won the National…
North Harbour’s Oscar Guo has convincingly taken out the men’s singles at the Australian Junior International in Perth. Up against the second seed, Kai Chen Teoh from Australia, Guo won the men’s singles final in two games 21-13 21-17. Oscar now moves onto the Sydney International which begins on Wednesday 19 September. North Harbour players…
The Harcourts Cooper & Co North Harbour Badminton Centre was the venue for the recent Yonex New Zealand Secondary Schools Championships. 51 teams from around New Zealand arrived in North Harbour in an attempt to be crowned New Zealand Secondary School Champions 2018 in their relative sections. After four long and badminton packed days of…
North Harbour are hosting the New Zealand Secondary School Championships from 3-6 September. The Harcourts Cooper & Co North Harbour Badminton Centre and Active Badminton Centre will host 51 teams from around New Zealand in this four day event. There are seven schools and ten teams from the North Harbour region which is the largest…
Badminton North Harbour is looking in to delivering a BWF Shuttle Time Coaching Course in the Term 4 (October/November). This is an International program developed by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). At this stage we are exploring expression of interest from all interested parties. The course comprises of a 6 hour tutorial and practical sessions…
GET THE APP!! Badminton North Harbour has recently updated their website and we are now very pleased to be able to offer their community a mobile app for convenience and easy to access information. Everything that is on our website is available on the Badminton North Harbour App with the added ability to view things…
The YONEX New Zealand U19 National Championships concluded on Sunday as a number of players looked to sign-off their Junior Badminton Careers with an exclamation mark. The day began with a repeat of 2017 as Oscar Guo (NH) and Tamara Otene (NH) reclaimed their Mixed Doubles title, beating Jack Wang (CAN) and Sonia Lu (AK)…
North Harbour’s Wisden Cup (Division 1) & Slazenger Cup (Division 2) teams recently played in the Yonex New Zealand Division 1 & 2 Championships held at Auckland Badminton. With the change of format for 2018, this was a new experience for everyone. Divison 1 was reduced to five events while Divison 2 had 11. The…