The NZ Open Draws can be found here:

http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draws.aspx?id=14813

The Tournament Website can be found here:

http://www.klrcnzopen.com (http://www.klrcnzopen.com/)

Apparently you can get live streaming but you have to sign up for a 1 day free trial or pay to watch it >_>.

Wah.. INA, SIN youngsters and some MAS players..

The Msian players are leaving tomorrow to New Zealand.

malaysia stand a good chance the win the double. YKB, LTS and Roslin should prove their worth to BAM for the WC places.

Tuesday May 15, 2007


Live badminton action via the Net

BY NG WEI LOON

AUCKLAND: This season's KLRC New Zealand Open has not only received a timely boost from title sponsor KLRC Bhd for the US$50,000 Badminton World Federation (BWF) Grand Prix status tournament.

In a bid to create greater awareness and a larger following for the tournament scheduled at the Auckland Badminton Hall in Gillies Avenue from tomorrow to Sunday, the organisers have embraced state-of-art technology to reach out to badminton enthusiasts worldwide.

Via the Internet, fans can get live coverage of the biggest shuttling event hosted in the Oceania region for the season.

"We are always looking into new ways to promote the game here," said Badminton NZ executive director Peter Dunne.

While the first couple fo days is free, the subscription fee for the three-day live screening connection from Friday to Sunday is US$10.

Three cameras will be set up at the three-court arena to capture the proceedings.

"Besides free viewing on Thursday, it will be also be available for free on Wednesday provided that the system is up and running by then. Our aim is to generate more exposure for the game," said Z-Cam managing director Aaron Crabb, adding that the idea is on trial for badminton as a build-up to the World Junior Championships to be hosted in Auckland, New Zealand from Oct 28 to Nov 4.

Dunne added that they are still finalising details with Sky Sport to show the delay telecast of the finals on Sunday.

For more details, visit www.klrcnzopen.com or www.planetstream.tv.

$10 to see some pro-badminton?
That's cheap!
I'm subscribing :p

me too :D

ive been waiting for this for a while.

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Six Badminton players of Djarum Club to take part in New Zealand Open


Semarang, C. Java (ANTARA News) - Six badminton players of the Djarum Kudus Club, Indonesia will take part in the "KLRC New Zealand Open" to be held on May 15-20, its chairman said. "After New Zealand, they will continue to take part in the Vietnam International Challenge on May 23-27," Eddy Prayitno said on Thursday.

The six are Andre Kurniawan and Ari Yuli Wahyu Hartanto (men`s single), Maria Elfira and Rosaria Pungkasari (women`s single), and Meliana/Sandy Puspa (women`s double). "We hope their ranks will rise at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was previously known as International Badminton Federation (IBF)," he added.

He also said starting on January this year, former national player Fung Permadi had become club coach chief after defending Taiwan for the past several years. Fung Permadi first joined PB Djarum's academy when he was 15 year old.(*)

Updates from Indonesian badminton:

Sigit-Fran was originally scheduled to play in New Zealand. But the PBSI official in charge of listing the names for BWF... forgot to put their names on the Indonesian roster. This is similar to Roslin H. case in Malaysia. The inept official just pure and simply forgot to put their names. :eek:

The only comment made by the PBSI official was: "Sorry, you guys listed your names one month ahead of the deadline... by the time I entered the names of Indonesians competing in New Zealand... I forgot about you two...." So, apparently, there is a dire consequence of applying early... :crying:

Silvy Kurniawan was originally listed to play in New Zealand. But she injured her waist one week before the Indonesian Open. She tried but could not continue to play in her match against Cheng Shao Chieh [Taiwan] last week. She decided to rest.

The next time fans will most likely see Sigit-Fran and Silvy is going to be in Indonesia Superliga Badminton, June 22 - July 1. :cool:

Sigit-Fran was originally scheduled to play in New Zealand. But the PBSI official in charge of listing the names for BWF... forgot to put their names on the Indonesian roster.

:( That's sad it would have been great to see them play here.

So, apparently, there is a dire consequence of applying early... :crying:

Haha, well it goes as a warning to other Indonesian players. Better to be late than early :D.

The only comment made by the PBSI official was: "Sorry, you guys listed your names one month ahead of the deadline... by the time I entered the names of Indonesians competing in New Zealand... I forgot about you two...." So, apparently, there is a dire consequence of applying early... :crying:



This excuse is just as silly as "You should not list a few tournaments in one letter; each tournament should be in a letter by itself". Apparently, there is also a dire consequence in trying to save paper. What the heck is wrong with these inept officials?

I know BWF is a federation of national associations, but is there any possibility in letting players register themselves for tournaments?

Is nice to see so many up-and-coming young players participating in the NZ Open. A rare opportunity for them to visit such a beautiful country and for NZ badminton fans to see them in action.

... but is there any possibility in letting players register themselves for tournaments?
Tournament Software (being used for most, if not all, major badminton tournaments now) does have an on-line registration feature. All you need is to have it turned on and cut the red tape...

I am glad that fung is back.....

NZ is a beautiful country..used to live there for 4 yrs..I was first asian manager for any McDonald's in NZ ( Hamilton)....hehe..not sure if my records has been broken yet...since then I had been back like 4 times...really enjoy it....

what happened to Chance Cheung? anybody in NZ can update? thanks

what happened to Chance Cheung? anybody in NZ can update? thanks

You mean Chance Cheng right (I think that's it)? I completely forgot about him :o! Sorry I'm not sure where he is as I don't know a lot about what goes on up in the North Island. Yeah I think along with Alan Chan he's one of our best up and coming players. I hope he hasn't gone off somewhere else lol.

You mean Chance Cheng right (I think that's it)? I completely forgot about him :o! Sorry I'm not sure where he is as I don't know a lot about what goes on up in the North Island. Yeah I think along with Alan Chan he's one of our best up and coming players. I hope he hasn't gone off somewhere else lol.
opps ya its Cheng haha.. Well i think NZ should be banking their hope on Moody, he is by far the most potential player out of all..;)

Tournament Software (being used for most, if not all, major badminton tournaments now) does have an on-line registration feature. All you need is to have it turned on and cut the red tape...

Registration to BWF tournaments must be through BWF. But currently only national associations can submit entry applications.

Registration to BWF tournaments must be through BWF. But currently only national associations can submit entry applications.
Why don't BWF allow independents to apply directly on their own as well, on condition that this must also be double confirmed through their BA separately. So if the BA slips,the player won't fall flat cos there's already a safety net in place. Then BWF can double check with player and the BA. Problem is ,what if BWF also has inept officials (who cannot cope with double applications or understand that Roslin H. and Roslin Hashim are the same person)?

BWF must and should have a standard procedure for accepting entries.

BWF policies and conditions must be transparent and the member organizations of the various countries must adhere to these without being confused. It is their resposibilty to convey them to the professional players, whether they are independent or otherwise.

It must be true that certain member organizations must be found wanting and quite rightly you need courageous players like Roslin to expose their ineptitide and inefficiency, otherwise they will not be able to get justice done. By highlighting the problem, other member organizations are put on notice and will have to be on their toes not to make such mistakes that could jeopardize the livelihood of professional players. It will be grossly unfair to them. :rolleyes:

Why don't BWF allow independents to apply directly on their own as well, on condition that this must also be double confirmed through their BA separately. So if the BA slips,the player won't fall flat cos there's already a safety net in place. Then BWF can double check with player and the BA. Problem is ,what if BWF also has inept officials (who cannot cope with double applications or understand that Roslin H. and Roslin Hashim are the same person)?

I think BWF don't have a channel for players, only for national associations. I think BWF need to modernise and be a cross between an association for badminton professionals and a federation of national associations.

In tennis, we have ATP and WTA, both associations for professionals, responsible for most tournaments. The ITF is mainly only in-charge of inter-national tournaments like Davis Cup, Fed Cup, Olympics etc.

Badminton could also have a breakaway professional tour. In fact, this nearly happened in the 80s but I am not certain of details. For BWF to avoid this, they need to start catering to individual players while still remaining a federation of national associations. I think it's easier said than done, but I believe it's in the right direction.

I thought badminton has a professional players association (PPA) which could make the appropriate representation to the BWF or the national associations.

I don't know how active or credible this PPA is but little is heard of them.

It is not surprising if the membership rate of the PPA is low and if this is the case, then the official bodies may not take them too seriously.

So it may be a case of the PPA having to do something about itself now that the Super Series has taken off as a more rewarding tournament which could become better. The PPA may be able to give their input on a fairer distribution of the prizes and on related matters on players' welfare, etc.

I thought badminton has a professional players association (PPA) which could make the appropriate representation to the BWF or the national associations.
..similar to a Players' Union??...i think there is one similar, although not sure how much influence they have with BWF, called BPF(Badminton Players Federation) (http://www.badmintonsite.com/), which is headed by Bobby Milroy (you can check out their infos, in the link, under 'About BPF')...There could also be "players union" under different national associations..;)