Month: August 2016

Olympic Badminton Team in Rio

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Oceania at the Rio Olympics

Oceania is proud to be represented by (back) Matthew Chau, Sawan Serasinghe, Robin Middleton, Glen Wharfe (Coach), Lasse Bundegaard (Team Leader) and (front) Leanne Choo and Wendy Chen as part of the Australian Team.
We are also well represented by Technical Officials with Jane Wheatley (Deputy Referee), Kelly Hoare and Trish Gubb (Umpires) and Sandra David and Greg Busch (Line Judges).
Our best wishes to all for a successful Olympics!
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Olympic Mens pair visit SEBA

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Our Olympic Men’s Badminton Doubles pair,  Sawan Serasinghe, and  Matthew Chau, paid a visit to Springers Leisure Centre, Keysborough, last night. The pair head off to Rio on Wednesday to challenge some of the best badminton players in the world.

To qualify for the Olympics Matt and Sawan had to get to the top 50 world ranking, which they did with only a week to spare.

Sawan and Matt had a hit with our young badminton players, who were very excited to get a chance to play with the top Australian pair. Both Sawan and Matt were coached at Springers, so it is great encouragement for our young players to see how far they could go.

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