NEW ZEALAND – When the coach is still better…

Dutch-born Tjitte Weistra, 34, who has been coaching New Zealand for the past 6 years, grabbed the National Singles Championships at Hamilton this Sunday. The former national  team player from […]
Dutch-born Tjitte Weistra, 34, who has been coaching New Zealand for the past 6 years, grabbed the Singles Championships at Hamilton this Sunday. The former   team player from Netherlands beat his team-mate from Waikato Michael Fowke 21-12, 21-17 after defeating Joe Wu 21-13, 22-20 in the semi-finals.

Weistra will also start a monthly column for Badzine International in the weeks to come, giving tips to our readers.  He has set his own academy in New Zealand (click HERE)

The rest of the titles were won by Amanda Browne in the women’s singles, while Donna Haliday scooped two titles – the mixed with Henry Tam and the doubles with Danielle Barry. Leyton-Davis and Tam got gold in the men’s doubles.

All results HERE

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Raphaël Sachetat

About Raphaël Sachetat

Raphael is the Chief Editor of Badzine International. He is the founder of the website together with Jean François Chauveau. After many years writing for the BWF and many publications around the world about badminton, he now leads a team of young and dynamic writers for Badzine.