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COACHING MANAGER’S REPORT<br />
It has been another good year for North Harbour’s badminton<br />
players and teams. During the 2019 season, representatives<br />
have been busy with inter-association events in seniors, masters,<br />
veterans and super-veterans. Junior and senior representatives<br />
have also been involved in a number of national and international<br />
tournaments. A number of our players achievements in 2019<br />
deserve recognition.<br />
Abhinav Manota, New Zealand representative and<br />
North Harbour Development Officer, qualified<br />
for the TOTAL BWF World Championships<br />
<strong>2018</strong> in Nanjing, China. The experience<br />
gained from an event such as<br />
this is second to none and will<br />
be very helpful in future<br />
tournaments. Abhinav<br />
also won the New Zealand<br />
National men’s singles<br />
title and Oceania<br />
men’s single title.<br />
North Harbour junior, Oscar<br />
Guo has recently finished his campaign<br />
at the Youth Olympic Games in<br />
Buenos Aires, Argentina. Oscar finished<br />
his men’s singles campaign with a one win, one loss result which<br />
didn’t allow him to progress. There was however<br />
the exciting prospect of being in an international<br />
eight-person team with an event<br />
called Team Relay. Oscar’s team, Omega<br />
had a fantastic campaign and finished<br />
the event in second place, earning the<br />
team silver Youth Olympic medals.<br />
Other achievements for <strong>2018</strong> have been<br />
at the New Zealand u19 Championships,<br />
winning the men’s singles, doubles and<br />
mixed doubles titles. Traveling as a<br />
member of the New Zealand Junior Team, Oscar also won the<br />
<strong>2018</strong> Australian Junior International men’s singles.<br />
We have three players representing New Zealand travelling to<br />
the World Junior Championships in Canada. Oscar Guo, Edward<br />
Lau and Shaunna Li will play a team event followed by the individual<br />
championships.<br />
Anona Pak, winner of the Massey University Academy of Sport<br />
Sportswoman of the Year Award, paired up with North Harbour’s<br />
Fransisca Rahardja in the Crown Group Australian Open <strong>2018</strong><br />
and reached the quarter finals which is a great achievement.<br />
Anona also won the women’s doubles title at the Yonex New<br />
Zealand National Championships with partner Christine Zhang.<br />
Wisden Cup this year followed a new format of 5 matches per<br />
tie. Our division 1 team finished second behind a strong Waikato<br />
team. Division 3 and 4 won their divisions as did the Masters 1<br />
team, for a third consecutive year. Masters 5 who played in division<br />
5 will be promoted to division 4 in 2019 after winning their<br />
division.<br />
Each year we have a training camp at the end and beginning of<br />
the season. This camp is open for players from other associations<br />
should they wish to participate. This is a five-day camp,<br />
training three times each day, emphasising on fitness, technique<br />
and improving skills. This will run from 10-14 December <strong>2018</strong><br />
and 21-25 January 2019.<br />
Our major junior event for the year is the New Zealand Junior<br />
Team Championships in Palmerston North. This year we sent<br />
seven teams including two teams of u13 age players which is<br />
positive for our development. North Harbour won the u19 team<br />
event and came runner up in the u17, u15 and u13 age groups,<br />
while the u13 II team won the second division event.<br />
North Harbour junior players have achieved well in tournaments<br />
during <strong>2018</strong>. Jaden Mingoa won the boys doubles and was runner<br />
up in the boys’ singles and mixed doubles at the Yonex New<br />
Zealand u13 Championships. Shaunna Li showed that she is a<br />
rising player by winning the u17 and u19 girls singles and runner<br />
up in the u17 and u19 mixed doubles at this year’s age group<br />
championships. Ricky Cheng has improved significantly, winning<br />
the New Zealand u17 boys singles title and was runner up in the<br />
boys’ doubles. Equally making good gains is Nelson Zhang who<br />
came runner up at the Yonex New Zealand u17 Championships<br />
in the boys’ doubles and mixed doubles.<br />
I would like to introduce our new coach, Hanna Yun from Korea.<br />
She will assist in the coaching of our squads to help with technical<br />
aspects of the training ready for 2019.<br />
I would like to thank all parents, staff, coaches, players and<br />
stakeholders who have helped during <strong>2018</strong>. Without them we<br />
would not be achieving the results we have and creating an Association<br />
that is moving forward with our successes. The North<br />
Harbour badminton community is very strong and supportive,<br />
for which I thank you.<br />
Fanny Megahwati<br />
Coaching Manager<br />
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