First ever World Badminton Day was held on Tuesday 5th 2022 and was celebrated in the Cook Islands. This day was established to invite individuals and networks to encounter fun and comprehensive badminton, through an assortment of dynamic, connecting with, and imaginative badminton occasions. This is going to be a yearly event where all canContinue reading “World Badminton Day”
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Newly elected Badminton Oceania President Loke Poh Wong
The 35th Annual General Meeting took place at Melbourne Sports and Aquatics Centre on Saturday 30 April 2022. The voting AGM was also a hybrid AGM, with a combination of personnel meeting in the same room and the majority of member association representatives and delegates joining via Zoom. There were two nominations for the Presidential election: GeraldineContinue reading “Newly elected Badminton Oceania President Loke Poh Wong”
Serve-ing Pacific-Badminton May 2022 winner Thomas Mereana-Ngauru
Thomas is our current serving President and has been for the pass couple of years. HIs inclusion with badminton has been significant with pushing out badminton to the more extensive Cook Islands, having done 3 out of 15 of our remote islands and with room to expand even further. If Thomas is not attending to badminton, you can find Thomas helpingContinue reading “Serve-ing Pacific-Badminton May 2022 winner Thomas Mereana-Ngauru”
Tinomana Naea (Cook Islands) crowned first winner of Serve-ing Pacific – Badminton Oceania’s new volunteer recognition programme
Congratulations to the first Serve-ing Pacific winner, Tinomana Naea, from Cook Islands. He was nominated for excelling with ‘Inclusiveness’ – one of five organizational values which Badminton Oceania embeds across all programme areas. Tinomana is a committee member and Shuttle Time Tutor for Badminton Cook Islands and his hard work, loyalty and determination has never faltered since joining the organisation overContinue reading “Tinomana Naea (Cook Islands) crowned first winner of Serve-ing Pacific – Badminton Oceania’s new volunteer recognition programme”
Cook Islands Badminton Awards Night 2021
On Saturday 11th December we will be holding our end of year Awards evening at 5pm at a venue to be confirmed. It is an open invitation to all our players, supporters and families to attend and to please bring a plate. The theme is Island Wear. There will also be entertainment and some fun games We will beContinue reading “Cook Islands Badminton Awards Night 2021”
International Day of Families: The Akavi’s use badminton to instil core values
Pictured: Members of the Akavi family storm to the top of the podium at the Cook Islands Games 2020 The International Day of Families is a movement observed by the United Nations to raise awareness around the importance of communities and families and their significant impacts on one another. Jean and Daniel Akavi, from theContinue reading “International Day of Families: The Akavi’s use badminton to instil core values”
Cook Islands serves badminton across the generations and prepares for National Island Games
Cook Islands badminton have long had to compete with the nation’s most popular contact sports such as netball, soccer, and rugby. However, when COVID-19 bought a temporary stop to contact sports, badminton became even more attractive as Shuttle Time sessions became oversubscribed. With parents. Quickly adapting to the new ‘ways of working’, the Cook IslandsContinue reading “Cook Islands serves badminton across the generations and prepares for National Island Games”
Thomas Mereana-Ngauru wins at Cook Islands Sports Awards
Pictured: Badminton Cook Islands President Thomas Mereana-Ngauru (left) with Shuttle Time teachers Badminton Cook Islands celebrated one of their biggest triumphs at the Cook Islands Sports Awards over the weekend. Collectively, the organisation was nominated in six categories, with President Thomas Mereana-Ngauru going on to win the Sports Administrator of the Year for the secondContinue reading “Thomas Mereana-Ngauru wins at Cook Islands Sports Awards”
Badminton Cook Islands celebrate a record six nominations at the Cook Islands Sports Awards
Badminton Cook Islands are celebrating after a total of five nominations at the Cook Islands Sports Awards, including two junior players in the Junior Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year categories. Danniel Daniel was nominated following his ‘outstanding’ record over the last year, taking the national titles in men’s singles, doubles and mixed doubles in theContinue reading “Badminton Cook Islands celebrate a record six nominations at the Cook Islands Sports Awards”
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