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Junior Badminton - Moreton Bay College (Social Games & Coaching)

Junior Badminton is being held at Moreton Bay College, Wondall Road, Manly West.

Sessions will recommence in February.

The cost is $6 per week for subsequent weeks and a membership fee is payable on the third visit (for all school students). An expert coach will be available on hand to introduce players to the game. Come in and have some fun.

If you do not have a racket there are some rackets available that you can use for a few weeks. For more information please email events@qba.net.au


QLD Team Event

Please find attached the Qld Club Doubles Team Event being run by the Qld Badminton Association on the 8th October 2011 and 15 October 2011.

All events will be held on the date advertised. B/C Grade entries close 7th October 2011

Please support this event and organise a club team.

Only Affiliated Clubs are able to Enter Teams

 
 

Coaching

The Brisbane Badminton Association is offering a unique opportunity for beginners through to B grade level players to recieve coaching from one of Queenslands expert coaches.

The location is Sunnybank Hills State School, Symons Rd, Sunnybank Hills. Three sessions only on the following Wednesday nights from 7pm to 9.30pm
5th October
12 October
19 October

The price is $7, and will be required to join the BBA/QBA, a 12 month membership.

From the following week, 26 October, this time will then convert into a new badminton club.

If you would like further information of questions please email info@brisbanebadminton.org

 


Rising Star

Brisbane and Queensland Badminton star Grace Ngiam is featured this week in the Southern Star Newspaper. Grace and fellow Brisbane player Juliam Lam will travel to Perth at the end of the month to compete in the U15 National Championships.

Click here to see the article.


Brisbane Juniors excel at National Championships

Brisbane Badminton's junior athletes have had outstanding performances at the U19 National Badminton Championships held in Sydney.

Wendy Chen successfully defended her title to win the Australian U19 Ladies Singles Championship. Wendy was undefeated in singles throughout the teama and individual event. Wendy dominated here Victorian opponent  from the beginning of the match, and was never really troubled.

In the mixed doubles wendy partnered fellow Brisbane player David Ngiam, but unfortuantely we not strong enough for their WA counterparts, going down in an entertain and close two sets.

In the mens singles, Lyman Ngiam really took the challenge to the second seed from WA, Eddie Hung. Both sets were extremely close and very entertaining with both players leading at different times troughout both sets. Unfortunately Lyman was not able to close out the sets and Eddie came out the winner. The match toped off a great week for Lyman, who beat the number 1 and 3 seeds on his way to the final.


Monday Night Doubles

Interested in playing Doubles matches on a Monday night, click here for more details


Regrades

The Queensland Badminton Association has just announced a number of regrades. Congratulations to all those on their improvement. To check them out go to www.qba.net.au


Australian U19 Team Announced

Badminton Australia has just announced the U19 Australian Team for the Pan Pacific Championships. Congratulations to the two Brisbane players, Wendy Chen and David Ngiam for getting selected in the No 1 team. The event will be held in Ballarat between May 10 -12 and will play teams from NZ and Singapore.

For more details and the full teams can be found on the Badminton Australia website.


Brisbane Open Badminton Tournament

Online entries are now available for the City of Brisbane Badminton Championships to be held on 21-22 May 2011. The event will be held at Calamvale Community College, Hamish St, Calamvale.

If you are entering 3 or more events, and pay your entry fees by the closing date, you will go in the draw for $60 worth of Badminton equipment (eg Yonex) from the Brisbane Badminton Association.

You can enter online by clicking here. Entries close Wednesday 11 May 2011.


Yonex Australian International 2011

Want to see pictures from the Yonex Australian International currently underway in melbourne. Click here for pictures


U17 Team Selected

The U17 Team was recently selected for the upcoming Australian u17 National Championships. Six Brisbane based players were selected. The team travels to Wellington at Easter for the Championships. The team is as follows:

Simon Leung - Brisbane
Jeffrey Lu - Brisbane
Thibaut Zeestraten - Sunshine Coast
Grace Ngaim - Brisbane
Janet Yuen - Brisbane
Clair Blagen - Sunshine Coast
Heather Nicolle - Brisbane
Abby Powell - Brisbane

You will be able to follow the results of the carnival by clicking on the following links:

June Bevan Team Event


Australian Junior International 2011

The 2011 Li-Ning Australian Junior International to be held in Ballarat from May 13th-15th, 2011.

This tournament will be the first event in Australia to be included in Junior World Rankings. So far we have received enquiries from New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines.

 

Click here for more information


2010 Brisbane Team Event Draw

The schedule for the 2010 Brisbane Badminton Team Event has just been released. The details are as follows:

Click here to see the schedule of play

The event will be held on Sunday 28th March 2010 at Calamvale Community College, Hamish St, Calamvale.
 
Spectators are welcome

Where to Play

Interesting in playing Badminton. All of clubs welcome new players. Click on the link Where to play above to find details on your nearest club.



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Entertainment Books

 

 


Brisbane Videos

Interested in re-living the excitement of the Brisbane Badminton Championships. Watch matches a selection of matches here.

The videos can be viewed by making a small donation of $2.50 via paypal. For this price you will receive unlimted viewing for up to 1 hour. Donations received by the Queensland Badminton Association will be used as fundraising for State Teams.

 


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