The Barfoot & Thompson New Zealand Badminton Open 2021 has been postponed, as the ongoing Covid-19 situation continues to disrupt international travel and competition. Originally scheduled to take place from 4 – 9 May 2021, the event has now been postponed while the BWF work to identify new dates. Badminton…

Overnight, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) has announced an adjusted tournament calendar for the remainder of 2020, confirming that the Barfoot & Thompson New Zealand Badminton Open for 2020 is cancelled. Initially rescheduled to October following the outbreak of Covid-19, the event has now been cancelled – a decision that…

Badminton New Zealand has today announced the decision to suspend and postpone the Barfoot & Thompson New Zealand Badminton Open, scheduled for April 28 to May 3, 2020 at the Eventfinda Stadium on the North Shore. Given the current climate in relation to COVID-19, the Board of Badminton New Zealand…

A world-class field of badminton players is expected in Auckland this April as the Barfoot & Thompson New Zealand Badminton Open returns for the eighth year, taking place during the crucial seeding window for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. With just 3 months before the first matches at the Tokyo…

The Barfoot & Thompson New Zealand Badminton Open has proved a huge success, played out to capacity crowds at Eventfinda Stadium on Auckland’s North Shore, with a world class field that featured an amazing 11 players or pairs ranked in the top five in the world, 11 former world champions…

If 17-year-old Se Young An (Korea) had any nerves, she wasn’t showing them in her first HSBC BWF Tour Final and clearly the biggest match of her young career as she raced out of the blocks against the 2012 Olympic champion Li Xuerui (China) at the Barfoot & Thompson New…