Junior Prizegiving

North Harbour Juniors had their annual prize giving recently.  It was a great turn out for all who had been involved in Junior Representatives during 2019.  Parents, coaches, managers, players and extended family were invited to celebrate the successes of the North Harbour teams and players. Awards were handed out to a player from each…

THE TIE TO STOP A FEW HEARTS

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…

Two North Harbour Players To Youth Olympics

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 Life Member Recognised By Westlake Girls Alumni

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…

Ready To Take On The World

North Harbour’s Oscar Guo is ready to take on the best badminton has to offer at the 2019 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.  After some encouraging results at the recent Australian Junior International 2018 and the Sydney International 2018, Oscar is ready to hit the ground running in South America. Oscar won the men’s…

NH Division 3 Top The Table

North Harbour Division 3 were successful on Saturday 22 September, defeating the South Island winners, Canterbury, to secure the New Zealand Inter-association Division 3 title for 2019.  Canterbury traveled to North Harbour to play in the North versus South clash to find a National winner, however North Harbour were too strong and confirmed their place…

International Title For Oscar Guo

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…

North Harbour Schools Take NZ Championship Titles

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…

Secondary School Spectacular @ North Harbour

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…