Badminton North Harbour is delighted to welcome Lim Pek Siah as our new coach! With her incredible accomplishments in the world of badminton, Lim brings a wealth of knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm to our community. As a former Malaysian national player and a Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Lim Pek Siah has competed at the highest…
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…
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.…
The 2023 season has been a challenging, yet interesting campaign for North Harbour. Without our hall, we have managed to earn 9 gold medals in the team competitions across the representative age groups. If you would like to be a part of this dream team, this is your chance! The following age groups are looking…
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…
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…
The titles were pentiful for North Harbour at the New Zealand National Championships 2023. The New Zealand National Championships will be one of the highest level tournaments in New Zealand this year with the cancellation of the New Zealand Open and the North Harbour International (due to flood damage). Players seemed eager to take to…
The 2023 New Zealand National Championships will attract many players from around the country who will descend on Badminton Waitakere as the hosts of this year’s closed tournament. North Harbour players feature as number one seeds in each of the five events. The second seeds of the women’s singles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles also…
The New Zealand u19 Championships has concluded with mixed results for the eight North Harbour players that made the trek to Christchurch over Matariki weekend. Following a successful campaign the week prior at the New Zealand Junior Team Championships, the players had their sights set on increasing their national titles, this time as individuals. Chris…