NEW ZEALAND OPEN Postponed

By
Raphaël Sachetat
– April 27, 2010Posted in: news
The 2010 New Zealand Open has been postponed to April 2011, as hinted by Badminton New Zealand CEO Mike Kernaghan: “The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has suggested to Badminton New […]
The 2010 has been postponed to April 2011, as hinted by Badminton New Zealand CEO Mike Kernaghan:

“The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has suggested to Badminton New Zealand that we look to hold a World event in the month of  April each year, commencing 2011,” said Kernaghan.  “This would help to achieve a better spacing of tournaments and to give players access to as many tournaments as possible for 2012 Olympic qualifying.

“Badminton New Zealand feels that having two Opens within one calendar year is demanding in terms of both financial resourcing and also the demands on volunteer personnel and they have therefore decided to postpone the 2010 event with the focus now moving to April 2011. Badminton New Zealand is currently working very closely with a potential international sponsor for the NZ Open; we will update you all on the progress of this later in the year.“

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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.