Eleven u15 and u17 players have been selected to represent North Harbour at the Tomioka World Project 2025 in Fukushima, Japan. Orangised by the Tomioka Town Sakura Culture and Sports Promotion Corporation, the players will be engaged in a four day pre tournament training camp before participating at the tournament from 2-6 May. Players have…
Badminton North Harbour would like to welcome a new supporter to our organisation; Intrinsic Physio. This professional relationship with Intrinsic Physio will have a positive benefit to our members and wider badminton community. A message from Intrinsic Physio: At Intrinsic Physio, we are dedicated physiotherapists committed to holistic injury management and comprehensive rehabilitation. Our specialized…
Badminton North Harbour recently held their Annual Awards evening followed the next day with the Junior Awards day. Both events celebrated the 2024 year, recognising our badminton community and the important part everyone makes in it’s success. Award Recipients Player of the Year Edward Lau Junior Player of the Year Yanxi Liu Technical Official of…
Ten North Harbour players together with one each from Waikato and Auckland are soon to leave for Indonesia after receiving an invitation to participate at the POLYTRON SUPERLIGA JUNIOR INVITATION 2024. This tournament will be played in the Thomas and Uber Cup format beginning on 12 August running through to 18 August. Teams from eight…
Awards Night A Chance To Reflect, Celebrate & Look Forward Badminton North Harbour had a very successful 2023 Awards night on Saturday 9 December. After such a devastating year with the flooding our our building, the resiliance of our members came through with Badminton North Harbour having the most successful ‘on-court’ year in their history.…
Harbour players, Edward Lau and Shaunna Li are presently on the international circuit, training and playing, predominantly in Thailand. While Shaunna is due to return to New Zealand soon, Edward will remain in Asia, making his way home in late October via the Yonex Bendigo International 2023 and the Sydney International 2023. Getting an insight…
Photo Credit: Badminton New Zealand North Harbour’s Chris Benzie is about to embark on a badminton experience of a lifetime. As part of the New Zealand team traveling to Spokane, USA for the BWF World Junior Championships (25 September – 8 October), Benzie will compete alongside the best junior badminton players in the world. Leaving…
No facility, no problem. North Harbour inter-assocation teams from the very young u13 age group through to the more experienced Veterans have shown that resiliance is something to use to your advantage. Our teams have taken home nine (9) team titles in 2023, showing that no matter the issues and hurdles that have come our…
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It is not all that common for New Zealand players to travel the world, training and playing on the badminton circuits. Recently, Dylan Soedjasa and Justine Villegas spent time in Europe while Anona Pak ventured to the Northern Pacific and Asia. Another player determined to make the most of his opportunities is Ricky Cheng. Taking…