Badminton

OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS

(Auckland)

New Zealand 4 Australia 1 (New Zealand names first): Men's singles: G. Bellingham lost to L. Tjoe 12-15 14-17. Doubles: D. Shirley/J. Gordon bt T. Denney/A. Brehaut 10-15 15-6 15-10.

Women's singles: R. Hindley bt L. Permana 11-3 11-2.

Doubles: N. Gordon/S. R. Petersen bt J. Crabtree/K. Wilson-Smith 15-8 15-9.

Mixed doubles: D. Shirley/S. R. Petersen bt T. Denney/K. Wilson-Smith 15-2 15-5.

INDIVIDUAL

New Zealand will have a strong presence in the quarter-finals.

In the men's section, third-seed Geoff Bellingham from Waitakere will play Hutt Valley's Scott Menzies (seventh seed) and No 2 seed John Moody from North Harbour meets Australian Stuart Gomez, the fifth seed.

In the other top-eight matches today, eighth-seed Daniel Forrest, of North Harbour, faces Australian Lenny Tjoe and top-seeded Australian Stuart Brehaut plays countryman Hung Phan.

In the women's singles, the Gordon sisters, Nicole and third-seeded Rebecca, of Auckland, face each other and fourth-seed Rachel Hindley, a star of the team's win over Australia, takes on Southland's Kimberly Windsor, guaranteeing at least two semifinal spots for the home team.

Men's singles, first round (New Zealand unless stated): J. King bt B. J. Leuthart 15-4 15-0, F. Kaddour New Caledonia) bt J. Goodier 15-6 15-2., W. Bok bt D. Pyne 15-6 15-7.

Second round: 1-S. Brehaut (Australia) bt P. Chen 15-0 15-2, N. Hannam bt S. Aria (New Caledonia) 12-15 15-10 15-6, S. Koo bt M. Burty (Fiji) 15-10 15-13, H. Pham (Australia) bt King 15-0 10-15 15-10, 3-G. Bellingham bt B. Van Nooijen 15-1 15-3, F. Paladini (New Caledonia) bt G. Ng 15-11 7-15 15-5, 7-S. Menzies bt S. Willins 15-3 15-2, F. Mathey (New Caledonia) bt Kaddour 15-11 10-15 15-6, 8-D. Forrest bt A. Franzi (New Caledonia) 15-12 15-3, S. Koo bt K. Palmer 15-4 15-7, L. Tjoe (Australia) bt J. Gordon 15-6 15-4, J. Wu bt S. Carruthers 15-6 15-10, 5-S. Gomez (Australia) bt H. Tam 15-5 15-5, J. Moffat bt S. Thommy (New Caledonia) 15-6 15-5, 2-J. Moody bt A. Chan 15-11 15-13.

Third round: Brehaut bt Hannam 15-0 15-1, Pham bt Koo 15-2 15-2, Bellingham bt Paladini 15-2 15-2, Menzies bt Mathey 15-5 15-6, Forrest bt Bok 9-15 15-12 15-8, Tjoe bt Koo 15-0 15-6, Gomez bt Wu 15-8 15-9, Moody bt Moffat 15-2 15-6.

Women's singles, first round: N. Gordon bt Johanna Kou (New Caledonia) 11-4 11-1, K. Tam bt D. Cranston 11-8 11-8.

Second round: 1-L. Permana (Aus) bt B. Delmas (New Caledonia) 11-2 11-1, T. Luiz (Australia) bt B. Hill 11-2 11-2, 4-R. Hindley bt E. Ang 11-0 11-1, K. Windsor bt A. Wong 11-2 11-0, N. Gordon bt J. Tam 11-9 11-3, 3-R. Gordon bt M. Chan 11-4 11-1, K. Tam bt V. Copeland 11-2 11-2, 2-K. Lucas (Australia) bt M. Chan 11-1 11-3.