Inspiring Kiwis to Love Badminton for Life
01/09/2026
It’s not just about what happens on court 👀🏸
Players brought out the school colours, funky PJs and a few very important team mascots 🧸💤🎀
We’re loving seeing everyone bring their own personality to NZSS 2026!
01/09/2026
Day 3️⃣ 🏸
We’re into Day 3 of the 2026 NZSS Badminton Championships!
Another big day of competition ahead, with teams battling it out across the courts. Plenty of great badminton, close matches and team spirit on show.
🎥 Can’t make it to the venue? We’re streaming live on YouTube throughout the day, so you can follow the action from wherever you are.
Good luck to all schools competing today - let’s have a great day! 👏🏸
31/08/2026
Caltex is stoked to support School Sport by sponsoring the ‘Good Sport Award’ at the NZSS Badminton Championships!
Nominate your Good Sport in the comments below, whether that’s a teacher, manager, coach or volunteer - anyone who goes above and beyond, inspires people around them and is just an overall legend! 🤩🎊
Tag them below and tell us why they deserve to win!
31/08/2026
Day 2 in a nutshell… 📸🏸✨
Good people.
Big smiles.
Great vibes.
And plenty of badminton in between. 💚
Here’s a little look at the faces and moments that made Day 2 one to remember! 👏
28/08/2026
Wishing Thomas Slade all the best as he competes in the upcoming China & Japan Para Badminton Internationals.
🏸China PBI 31 August - 5 September
🏸Japan PBI 8 September - 13 September
Follow his journey:
https://bwfbadminton.com/tournament/5609/japan-para-badminton-international-2026/info
https://bwfbadminton.com/tournament/5610/china-para-badminton-international-2026-tournament-with-classification/info
New Zealand is cheering you on all the way!📣🤩
🙏 Badminton Oceania for the support given to Thomas to attend these tournaments.
The NZ Masters Championship 2026 is coming to Christchurch this September and it’s your last chance to get involved.
Head to our website to register or copy the link here to register before entries close on 2nd September: https://bnz.tournamentsoftware.com/tournament/cc3046df-348d-43fc-8ec2-e246c8f23526
25/08/2026
📣Shoutout this time to the 2026 NZ U15 Squad!
💪🏸We look forward to seeing these players continue to grow and go from strength to strength in2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣7️⃣
🙏Special thanks to Badminton Waitakere for hosting the camps, we appreciate your support!
Also a shoutout to our amazing coaches:
🤩Tracey Hallam
🤩Angus Crawford
🤩Cici Xie
🤩Chris Sharrock
18/08/2026
Edward and Shaunna will be back on court to play Mixed Doubles
They'll also be back on court 3!
Which means we will all be back giving them our full support!
Let's go Kiwis!
18/08/2026
A great win for Shaunna Li in Women's Singles at the BWF World Championships! Go Shaunna!
R64
Li v Pelupessy
18-21 | 21-12 | 21-13
She will progress to the Round of 32 for Women's Singles where she will either play Ranithma Liyanage from Sri Lanka or Pornpawee Chochuwong from Thailand.
Schedule to be confirmed
18/08/2026
The Kiwis will be on this afternoon! Let's go Edward and Shaunna!
Court 3
MS - Match 2
Edward Lau vs NG Ka Long Angus
Est: 4:30 PM NZT
WS - Match 3
Shaunna Li v Dounia Pelupessy
EST: 5:20 PM NZT
Catch them live on : https://www.youtube.com/live/wVvVQHdKnos?si=_G-W0zjlbEme5Hef