News Archive 2010

2010 Monthly Newsletters/ Old Archive

Department Sport and Recreation

Two Fat Indians

Kingsway Indoor Stadium hosted the 'Be Active' Autumn Tournament over the weekend of 13-14th April.

Over 163 players entered accross 4 graded divisions and 2 junior divisions.

TournamentSW - Results/Draws

There was an Umpires Course held at Kingsway Indoor Stadium over 4 sessions on diffferent week days.

Costs: $44 registered/$66 non-registered members of Badminton WA.

Note: even those who could not attend all the sessions could still sign-up!

Interested in learning the rules or possibly becoming an Umpire and travelling the world watching badminton from the best seats in the house? - Register your interest at bawa@badmintonwa.org.au so that we can contact you the next time a course is arranged.

WS: Tine Baun bt Ratchanok Intanon (21-14, 16-21, 21-10)

MS: Chen Long bt Lee Chong Wei (21-17, 21-18)

WD: Yu Tang & Wang Xiaoli bt Cheng Shu & Zhao Yunlei (21-18, 21-10)

MD: Liu Xiaolong & Qiu Zihan bt Hiroyuki Endo & Kenichi Hayakawa (21-11, 21-9)

XD: Tantowi Ahmad & Liliyana Natsir bt Zhang Nan & Zhao Yunlei (21-13, 21-17)

The 2013 Badminton WA Annual General Meeting took place at the Kingsway Indoor Stadium on Saturday 9th March from 1pm with afternoon tea at the end of the meeting.

The 2013 June Bevan U17s State National Carnival will be taking place in Altona, Victoria in just over a months time.

Team: Titus Tan(C), Tyzton Tan, Edward Fan, Amos Yi, Kai Jie Teoh, Phing Teo, Silvi Botha, Alexandra Phan, Serena Lin, Julia Nichols, Kay Terry (Mgr), Yuli Zheng (Coach), Annie Sim (Ump)

Latest news and updates can be found at: Under17sBlog link

Kingsway Indoor Stadium hosted the 'Be Active' Kingsway Tournament over the weekend of 23-24 February.

Winners & Matches results available on tournament sw website:

TournamentSW - Results Link

Tai Tzu Ying bt Yao Xue (21-17, 21-14)

Joachim Fischer Nielsen & Christinna Pedersen bt Chan Peng Soon & Goh Liu Ying (21-13, 21-18)

Bao Yixin & Qing Tian bt Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi (21-16, 21-14)

Mohammad Ahsan & Hendra Setiawan bt Ko Sung Hyun & Lee Yong Dae (21-15, 21-13)

Lee Chong Wei bt Sony Dwi Kuncoro (21-7, 21-8)

WD: Wang Xiaoli & Yu Yang bt Ma Jin & Tang Jinhua (21-17, 21-13)

MD: Ko Sung Hyun & Lee Yong Dae bt Mathias Boe & Carsten Mogensen (19-21, 21-13, 21-10)

WS: Sung Ji Hyun bt Wang Shixian (21-12, 22-20)

XD: Zhang Nan & Zhao Yunlei bt Xu Chen & Ma Jin (13-21, 21-16, 21-13)

MS: Lee Chong Wei bt Du Pengyu (21-12, 21-15)

Kingsway Indoor Stadium hosted the 2012 Li-Ning Classic Tournament on the weekend of 24-25 November.

With Cash Prize Money for Most Divisions!!

Li-Ning Classic - Results Report

The Under15 WA Team are back from the Val Nesbitt Trophy & U15 Nationals in Queensland (2nd-7th October).

They made History by winning Silver for the very first time for the WA U15s Team! They lost out to a strong NSW team after fighting hard all the way.

They were succesful in the individuals too, with Tyzton Tan winning Mixed Doubles (with Joy Lai from VIC) and coming runner up in the Mens Doubles with fellow WA player Yin Xiang Lin. Yin Xiang Lin partnered up with WA's Alexandra Phan to claim the Mixed Double Plate.

Congratulations to the whole Team!

The Annual Awards Dinner was held on Saturday 10th November at the KINGSWAY SPORTING CLUB.

Tickets for the Awards Dinner were $25 and included Dinner, Entertainment, Music, Awards, Competitions & Prizes.

This year the theme was MAD HATTERS!!

Mandurah hosted the Veterans Team event on the 7-8th September. With over 60 players competing with many tight matches the event was a great success.

WINNERS:

Dehring Cup: South Suburban-Victor Club

Jan Leopold Memorial Trophy - Mandurah

Kingsway Indoor Stadium hosted the 2012 Silver Cup Doubles Tournament on the weekend of 15-16 September.

Results Report.

The Olympics Badminton Competition held in London saw some amazing action, including the "Dream Final" in the Men's Singles which saw Lin Dan take on Lee Chong Wei. Check out the replay of the full match on the below youtube link!

Mens Singles Final Replay Link

Geraldton hosted the 2013 Geraldton Open over the weekend of 4-5th August, attracting over 68 competitors from accross the state, including Perth and Bunbury.

News article clip with results

Kingsway Indoor Stadium hosted the 2012 Higgs Trophy (WA State Junior Teams Champs) on 17-18 July, followed by the WA State Junior Individuals Championships on 19-20 July.

Results Report & Pics

Kingsway Indoor Stadium hosted the 2012 WA State Championships over the weekend of 30th June (Saturday) & 1st July (Sunday).

With $2000 up for grabs as Cash prizes in the Open Grade, there were about 145 players in action over the various grades.

Results Report

Morley Recreation Centre hosted the Future Stars Badminton Tournament over the weekend of 21-22nd July.

link to results

Badminton Pennants Summer Series started on Thursday 17th May and will run for a period of 7weeks, finishing on 28th June.

Leaderboard Week 2

Leaderboard Week 1

If you would like to register your interest to play or be a reserve for any future series then please check the Info above and contact someone in the Pennant Committee.

Kingsway Indoor Stadium hosted the Seniors Challenge Trophy on Saturday 12th May. 17 teams which included 56 seniors (over 50years age) from various clubs participated in a friendly and social/competitive teams event.

Results Report

Australia retained the Pan Pacific Trophy with a 7-4 vistory over New Zealand in Hamilton, New Zealand.

Link to full results of matches

Badminton Pennants Summer Series finished on Thursday 26th April.

Leaderboard Week 8

Leaderboard Week 7

Leaderboard Week 6

Leaderboard Week 4

Leaderboard Week 3

Leaderboard Week 2

Leaderboard Week 1

The Li Ning AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR INTERNATIONAL concluded on Sunday 6th May with the Finals.

Daily update reports/pics:

Sun 6th - Day 3 - Finals

Sat 5th - Day 2 - Quarters/Semis

Fri 4th - Day 1 - Early Rounds

Thurs 3rd - Welcome Function

Kingsway Indoor Stadium hosted the BE ACTIVE Autumn Tournament over the weekend of 14-15th April, with prize money in the Open Grade

Results and pics to be updated shortly..

The 2012 Under17 State Team, which will be travelling to Hobart, Tasmania from 7-14th April to compete in the state nationals, was announced at the conclusion of the Kingsway Tournament.

Players: Edmund Xu (Captain), Amos Yi, Jazton Tan, Titus Tan, Tyzton Tan, Phing Teo, Shelby Milne, Alexandra Phan, Silvi Botha,

Coach: Zheng Yuli Manager: Kay Terry Umpire: Annie Sim.

Link to U17s state team page for U17s Blog link

Be Active Senior School Tournament was held on Friday 16th March from 9am ~ 2.30pm, featuring 206 students from 16 schools.

Results Report & Pics

Badminton WA held a Teachers Professional Development Day at Kingsway Indoor Stadium on Monday 12th March from 9.15am ~ 2.15pm. The cost was $100 which included morning tea and lunch.

Kingsway Indoor Stadium hosted the BE ACTIVE Kingsway Tournament over the weekend of 25-26th February, with over 150 players participating.

Kingsway Tournament Results Report

Badminton WA held a Level 1, 1A Coaching Course run by Edwin Chew at Kingsway Indoor Stadium on Saturday 18th February from 10am - 4pm. The cost was $110 and lunch was provided to participants.

If you are interested in attending any future coaching courses then please register your interest - contact info in the flyer below.

Flyer with full info

Kingsway Indoor Stadium hosted the Li-Ning Classic over the weekend of 26-27th November.

This was the final tournament before the Christmas & New Years break.

Results Report

WA Annual Awards Dinner was held at Treetops Function Room, Kingsway Indoor Stadium, on Sat 12th November, from 7pm.

It included the presentation of State Team Certificates & Badges, Volunteer Recognition & Pennants Winners Prizes.

Pics to be updated shortly..

Kingsway Indoor Stadium hosted a Corporate Badminton Tournament - The Champions Trophy 2011, on Saturday 5th November.

Team entries were received from BHP, ALS, MC MAHON, CHEVRON, etc. This event provided an excellent opportunity to network and compete against other corporate badminton teams.

Report and Pics to be updated shortly...

Badminton Pennants Spring Series started on Thursday 6th October and ran for a period of 5 weeks (with one bye in wk5), finishing on 10th November.

Final Leaderboard - Week 6

If you would like to register your interest to play or be a reserve for any future series then please check the Info above and contact someone in the Pennant Committee.

WA's Eddie Hung was selected to represent Australia in the World Junior Championships in Chinese Taipei from 28th Oct til 6th Nov.

Latest draws and scores

Australia Youth Commonwealth Games representatives Eddie Hung, Toby Wong, Jacqueline Guan, Gronya Somerville & Tara Pilven will be joined by Seng Low, Athithan Selladurai & Wendy Chen to compete in the team and individual championships.

WA U15s made history by winning a team medal for the first time! They made it through to the medal play-offs and fought very hard but had to settle for Bronze, with NSW Thunder claiming Silver and Victoria 1 winning Gold.

In the Individuals, WA came away with 2 Silvers and 1 Plate on the final days play - Amos Yi was narrowly beaten in 2 very tight games in the Boys Singles, Phing Teo & Eunice Lee also tried their best but also lost out in 2 sets in the Girls Doubles but Dennis Zhao won the Mens Plate in 3 sets.

Kingsway Indoor Stadium hosted junior teams from around Australia participating in the Val Nesbitt Trophy & Under 15 Championships, which ran in conjunction with the Regional Teams event, from 2-8th October.

Kingsway Indoor Stadium hosted the Silver Cup Badminton Doubles Tournament over the weekend of 10-11th September.

The tournament with a twist, was played in Round Robin Format with 3 divisions as well as a junior division.

Silver Cup - Results

More Pics to come shortly..

MSA 1 Nick Kidd, 2 Farid Salleh

WSA 1 Joyce Leong, 2 Donna Dewitt

MDA 1 Chris Ong & Hii Wee Ung, 2 Jiten Bhatt & Kevin Lee

WDA 1 Donna Dewitt & Joyce Leong, 2 Beth Hollett & Cynthis Tam

XDA 1 Nick Kidd & Donna Dewitt, 2 Jonathon Yong & Mina Ravagni

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MSB: 1 A Woo, 2 A Lim

MDB: 1 CJ Tang & JL Tee, 2 W Chin & YY Tiong

WDB: 1 R Cheung & C Law, 2 T Goh & T Hayes

XDB: 1 A Lim & T Wu, 2 N Hon & T Goh

2011 Junior Pennants kicked off on Saturday 13th August and finished on Saturday 3rd September.

The matches were played at Karrinyup Sports Centre in Karrinyup between 2-4pm on Saturday afternoons over 4 weeks.

Teams were made up from registered male and female players to play round robin games over 3 weeks. Followed by a final placings play-off in Week 4 to decide the winners of this Semester Series. With Medals and various prizes on offer for teams and individuals.

Congratulations to the Hawks who won the series: Cavan Yau, Scott Delamotte, Daniel Tie & Alvin Khuu.

Weekly reports brief with pics to be updated shortly..

The WA State Senior Team travelled to Burnie, Tasmania to take part in the State Nationals from 20-27th August.

The team were unlucky with various injuries but they still battled hard with some very close tussles. Narrowly losing against NSW (1st) & VIC (2nd) by 7-6 scorelines and eventually came 4th.

Newspaper Article - Individs Finals Day

In the Individuals we scooped 3 of the 5 titles. Nick Kidd beat Himanshu Thacker in an all WA final to retain his Singles title. Nick also won the Mixed (with SA partner Talia Saunders). In the match of the tournament Hii Wee Ung & Chris Ong became Mens Doubles Champs fighting back to win 21-19 in the 3rd in a very high quality match.

WA players also featured strongly in the Plate competition with Beth Hollett winning the Women's Singles. WA players also came Runner's-up in the Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles.

Pics and report to be updated shortly...

Badminton Pennants Series started on Thursday 4th August and ran for a period of 7 weeks, finishing on 15th September.

Congratulations to the Carnations who won: Jahn Geldenhuys, Andrew Wong, John Dewitt (C), Alison Morrison & Melissa Stone.

Final - Leaderboard Week 7

If you would like to register your interest to play or be a reserve for this or any future series then please check the Info above and contact someone in the Pennant Committee.

Kingsway Indoor Stadium hosted the Coastal Ladies Open Day Comp on Monday 8th August.

Entry Fee included coffee, tea and lunch after games.

WA Junior Eddie Hung capped a memorable week at the U19s State Nationals helping the team win Team Bronze, claiming 3 titles in the Individuals, earning the Best & Fairest Trophy as well as being selected to represent Australia at the Youth Commonwealth Games to be held in Isle Of Man in Sept 2011.

Eddie followed in the footsteps of Australian Men's Champion (Nick Kidd, WA) to take 3 titles at the Under19s.

He paired up with Tara Pilven (Vic) to win the Mixed, then followed that by claiming the Men's Singles title. He showed his fight by teaming up with WA's Bryan Tang (who was attempting to defend his title) in the Doubles to come from behind to win the title in the deciding 3rd game 21-19!

Congratulations to Eddie and Bryan!!!

The WA Under 19s came back from Sydney having earnt Bronze. The team had some tough encounters where the strength in depth was tested but the team spirit & support helped them to achieve an excellent 3rd place finish after beating Mainland New Zealand 9-7 in the play-off final.

Report and more pics to follow shortly...

The Australian Masters Games is the largest multi-sport event in Australia and Badminton will be one of 62 sports on offer, with age categories beggining from 35 years old plus. The expansive program is looking to attract over 10,000 competitors and a further 4,000 volunteers & sports officials.

Entries have closed

If you are interested, more information is available on the official website: australianmastersgames.com.au

Kingsway Indoor Stadium hosted the WA State Open Championships over the weekend of July 2-3rd.

Results Link

The 'Be Active" Division 2 Team Challenge - for Ares, B & C grade players kicked off on May 12th. 8 Teams, each consisting of 5 players (3 men and 2 women), and played in a league format every Thursday for 7 weeks.

The winning team "U-19 State Team" were crowned Champions after going through undefeated and won $1000 cash prize!!!

Latest Leaderboard - wk 7 final standings

An Umpires Course began on Wednesday 1st June and ran every Wednesday over 4 weeks.

It was ideal for anyone who wanted to get to know the laws better or take the first steps towards becoming an Officially Qualified Line Judge, Umpire or even Referee.

If you are interested, please refer to below flyer and register you interest for any future courses.

Umpires Course Info/Flyer - June 2011

16 teams (more than 100 players) competed in Country Carnival over the long weekend. There were many close matches and in the Finals in two Divisions the Tie was decided on points.

Winners - Division 1: WA U19 Team, Division 2: Mandurah, Division 3: Geraldton Blue

Junior Sports Start: Phing Teo

Senior Sports Star: Nick Kidd

Official of the Year: Kelly Hoare

Coach of the Year: Nick Kidd

Team of the Year: Senior Team

Service to Sport: Judith Cousins

Volunteer of the Year: Winston Allen

Results & Pics Gallery Updated

WA's Nick Kidd represented Australia in the 2011 BWF Sudirman Cup World Mixed Team Championships, held in Qingdao, China from 22-29 May.

Australia finished the group stage with wins against Czech Republic, Slovakia and Peru. They held match points to win the tie against Sweden as well but unfortunately went down 3-2.

Full Squad: Leanne Choo, Renuga Veeran, Victoria Na, Ann Louise Slee, Nick Kidd, Raj Veeran, Ross Smith & Glenn Warfe.

Link to Sudirman Cup Live Score/Results

WA's Kelly Hoare was also Umpiring at the event.

Level 1 Final - China bt Denmark (3-0)

Level 2 Final - Singapore bt France (3-1)

Level 3 Final - Sweden bt Australia (3-2)

Level 4 - Sri Lanka won round robin group

40+MD: 1st Trevor Briedis & John Botha 2nd John Lu & Sudjadi Wang

40+XD: 1st Sudjadi Wang & Irene Chew 2nd Trevor Briedis & Tania Phillips

40+WD: 1st Donna Dewitt & Tania Phillips 2nd Alison Morrison & Trish Turner

50+MD: 1st Andrew Chai & David Burrows 2nd Leroy Eadon & John Dewitt

50+XD: 1st Leroy Eadon & Donna Dewitt 2nd Gary Dymond & Trish Turner

Pics Gallery Updated

WA's Eddie Hung has come back from Ballarat, where he represented Australia in 2 tournaments from 10-15th May.

In the PAN Pacific Teams Championship, he helped Australia1 to win the trophy after beating teams from Singapore, New Zealand and Australia2.

In the Australian Junior International, he reached the semi-finals of the Boys Doubles, losing to the eventual champions from Singapore, and in the Mixed & Singles he reached the quarter-finals.

Full results for the PAN Pacifics

Full Results from the Aus Junior International

MS: Terry Hee bt Sean Lee (21-16, 18-21, 21-16)

WS: Malvinne Ann Venice Alcala bt Fiona Seah (21-8, 21-9)

MD: Terry Hee & Leslie Teng bt Matthew Chau & Sawan Serasinghe (12-21, 21-8, 21-12)

WD: Jacqueline Guan & Gronya Somerville bt Wendy Chen & Vinning Mak (15-21, 22-20, 21-17)

XD: Terry Hee & Joline Chua bt Theodore C M Co & Malvinne Ann Venice Alcala (21-16, 21-11)

1st - Australia 1

2nd - Singapore Sports School

3rd - New Zealand

4th - Australia 2

MS: Wesley Caulkett bt Kaveh Mehrabi (13-21, 21-14, 21-16)

WS: Andra Whiteside bt Johanna Kou (21-7, 21-18)

MD: Weslet Caulkett & Raymond Tam bt Michael Fariman & Seng Low (21-8, 21-13)

WD: Cecile Kaddour & Johanna Kou bt Andra Whiteside & Danielle Whiteside (21-19, 21-10)

XD: Brent Munday & Ashleigh Karl bt Arnaud Franzi & Johanna Kou (21-17, 21-16)

MS: Lee Chong Wei bt Bao Chunlai (21-9, 21-19)

WS: Wang Xin bt Saina Nehwal (13-21, 21-8, 21-14)

MD: Koo Kien Keat & Tan Boon Heong bt Alvent Yulianto Chandra & Hendra Aprida Gunawan (21-16, 21-7)

WD: Miyuki Maeda & Satoko Suetsuna bt Shizuka Matsuo & Mami Naito (21-18, 21-13)

XD: Tantowi Ahmad & Liliyana Natsir bt Peng Soon Chan & Liu Ying Goh (18-21, 21-15, 21-19)

Northern New Zealand 1 won the June Bevan Trophy. WA State U17 Team came a creditable 9th out of 18 teams.

Link to June Bevan Results

In the Individuals WA's Daniel Fan & Alphonsus Ng were beaten in the MD semi's by the eventual winners. Australia came away with 4 of the 5 titles.

Link to Individuals Results

More pics will be updated shortly in the Gallery

MS: Daniel Guda bt Anthony Joe (16-21, 21-19, 21-10)

WS: Vinning Mak bt Lillian Shih (23-21, 18-21, 21-15)

MD: Anthony Joe & Seng Low bt Jacob Morgan & Elliott Pike (21-13, 21-13)

WD: Vinning Mak & Natasha Sharp bt Angie Leung & Lillian Shih (21-12, 14-21, 21-16)

XD: Kerwyn Lee & Lillian Shih bt Athithan Selladurai & Natasha Sharp (16-21, 21-17, 21-15)

MS - Lee Chong Wei bt Peter Gade (21-12, 12-21, 21-15)

WS - Porntip Buranaprasertsuk bt Bae Youn Joo (21-13, 21-16)

XD - Tantowi Ahmad & Liliyana Natsir bt Fran Kurniawan & Pia Zebediah (21-18, 23-21)

MD - Hirokatsu Hashimoto & Noriyasu Hirata bt Angga Pratama & Ryan Agung Saptura (21-17, 21-9)

WD - Miyuki Maeda & Satoko Suetsuna bt Mizuki Fujii & Reika Kakiiwa (26-24, 21-15)

MS - Lin Dan bt Bao Chunlai (21-19, 21-13)

WS - Wang Yihan bt Lu Lan (21-15, 23-21)

XD - Zhang Nan & Zhao Yunlei bt Xu Chen & Ma Jin (15-21, 21-15, 25-23)

MD - Cai Yun & Fu Haifeng bt Hirokatsu Hashimoto & Noriyasu Hirata (21-12, 21-15)

WD - Wang Xiaoli & Yu Yang bt Tian Qing & Zhao Yunlei (21-13, 21-10)

Pic Of MS Winner on the Left.

2011 Summer Pennants league concluded last week with the undefeated Whales taking the title.

Summer Pennants Final Leaderboard Week 7

OPEN RESULTS

MS: Nick Kidd bt Himansu Thacker (13-21, 21-17, 21-17)

WS: Jessica Lim bt Phing Teo

MD: Nick Kidd & Himanshu Thacker bt Hii Wee Ung & Hua Jin Ong (21-16, 21-14)

WD: Fei Fei He & Joyce Leong bt Jessica Lim & Elaine Wong

XD: Hii Wee Ung & Joyce Leong bt Hua Jin Ong & Fei Fei He (21-19, 21-18).

Results Report

Pics Gallery Now Available/Updated

MS - Sho Sasaki bt Wong Choong Hann (21-11, 12-21, 21-19)

WS - Liu Xin bt Porntip Buranaprasen (21-14, 21-9)

XD - Songphon Anugritayawon & Kunchala Voracichitchaikul bt Hirokatsu Hashimoto & Mizuki Fujii (21-15, 21-9)

MD - Hiroyuki Endo & Kenichi Hayakawa bt Naoki Kawamae & Shoji Sato (21-17, 21-18)

WD - Shizuka Matsuo & Mami Naito bt Eei Hui Chin & Pei Tty Wong (21-18, 21-11)

Articles & pics available from the official website: www.australianbadmintonopen.com.au

MS - Riichi Takeshita bt Wing Ki Wong (21-19, 21-19)

WS - Sayaka Sato bt Juan Gu (21-14, 21-13)

XD - Danny Bawa Chrisnanta & Yu Yan Vanessa Neo bt Takeshi Kamura & Koharu Yonemoto (21-14, 21-13)

MD - Danny Bawa Chrisnanta & Hendra Wijaya bt Po Yi Huang & Chia Bin Lu (21-15, 21-17)

WD - Yuriko Miki & Koharu Yonemoto bt Lok Yan Poon & Ying Suet Tse (16-21, 21-16, 22-20)

MS - Park Sung Hwan bt Lee Hyun Il (17-21, 21-9, 21-17)

WS - Saina Nehwal bt Sung Ji Hyun (21-12, 21-13)

XD - Joachim Fischer Nielsen & Christinna Pedersen bt Nathan Robertson & Jenny Wallwork

23-21, 21-14

MD - Ko Sung Hyun & Yoo Yeon Seong bt Jung Jae Sung & Lee Yong Dae

21-17, 21-16

WD - Ha Jung Eun & Kim Min Jung bt Jung Kyung Eun & Kim Ha Na (21-12 21-13)

MS - Lee Chong Wei bt Lin Dan (21-17, 21-17)

WS - Wang Shixian bt Eriko Hirose (24-22, 22-18)

XD - Xu & Ma bt Sudket & Saralee (21-2, 21-9)

MD - Boe & Mogensen bt Koo Tan (15-21, 21-18, 21-18)

WD - Yu & Wang bt Fujii & Kakiiwa (21-2, 21-9)

Kingsway Indoor Stadium hosted the first badminton tournament of 2011 - the 'Be Active' Kingsway Tournament - over the weekend of 26-27th February.

OPEN RESULTS:

MS: Nick Kidd bt Himanshu Thacker

WS: Jessica Lim bt Beth Hollett

XD: Chris Hua Jin Ong & Joyce Leong bt Elliott Clutterbuck & Fei Fei He

WD: Fei Fei He & Joyce Leong bt Donna Dewitt & Tanya Phillips

MD: Nick Kidd & Himanshu Thacker bt Raymond Darmawan & Sudjadi Wang

Full Results For All Divisions

Pennants will be back with a new format and bang in 2011 with over 2000 dollars in cash prizes on offer!!!

2011 Pennants Info/Flyer

The Board of Management of Badminton WA is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Himanshu Thacker as part-time Executive Officer of the Association.

Mr Thacker, a former Indian international player, has been residing in Perth while completing his Master of Business degree- and has made an impact on the court both as a player and as a Coach. He has a broad knowledge of the sport and with his administrative skills brings another dimension to the governance structure of badminton in WA.

Himanshu will be in attendance in the office Monday through Friday from 10am to 3pm.

The Board of Management of Badminton WA is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Nicholas Kidd as part-time State Development Officer of the Association.

Mr Kidd has held the Executive Officer position for two years but is keen to move into a more proactive position to bring the sport into greater prominence in the wider community. He will be managing some specific projects, including regional development.

Nick, the current Australian Singles Champion, will continue with his playing and coaching career .