Please see below for the Draw for Round 5: – Week 1 – 01 Jul – Week 2 – 08 Jul – Week 3 – 29 Jul – Week 4 – 05 Aug – Week 5 – 12 Aug
There are 5 Grades in Round 5, with a total of 33 teams. Grades 2 & 4 are split into 2 Groups, which follow onto play-offs to determine final rankings 1-8. These include Semi-finals and then Finals in the 1st-4th & 5th-8th draws.
Entry is now open for our two upcoming Badminton NZ sanctioned tournaments: – Manawatu / North Island u13 Championships 2021 – Manawatu u17 Open 2021
Full event details and online entry is available via the following links: – u13 Champs: https://bnz.tournamentsoftware.com/tournament/11D79A58-C1EB-4C69-A21C-C7C7868C13E0 – u17 Open: https://bnz.tournamentsoftware.com/tournament/ad8e83d7-565c-49d7-af5e-042aa1b7ba84
Please direct queries to James at james@manawatubadminton.org.nz
Masters / Vets / Super-Vets trials will now be Sun 7 Mar & Sun 14 Mar, subject to Manawatu being in Alert Level 1. Alternative venues for use during Alert Level 2 are also being explored.
U13 & u15 Meet the Coaches will take place at the NEW TIME of 6pm at Marist Clubrooms this week. There will NOT be any pizza and tracksuits will not be distributed under Alert Level 2. Players & parents may bring food with them but must take all rubbish home.
The u17 & u19 age groups have been postponed to ensure that we remain under the 100-person gathering limit in the venue. U17 & u19 meet the coaches shall now take place at the start of training next week at 5:30pm-6pm at PNINS (Tue 9 Mar)
Senior Rep Trials (Wed 3 Mar) – Going Ahead.
These trials have been moved to the Feilding Civic Centre 6:30pm-9pm. A later start to allow everyone more time to arrive on time. Any junior or non-drivers needing transport, please ask another trialist or contact us and we can help.
Year 5-8 School Comp (Thu 4 Mar) – Cancelled.
We have not been able to secure additional venue/courts. Given the anticipated number of participants and limited space in the only venue available to us, we have decided to cancel the competition this week. We will look at incorporating extra matches during the remaining weeks, to balance out the competition.
TNBL (Thu 4 Mar) – Going Ahead.
Proceeding under Alert Level 2 conditions in Arena 3 for all those teams scheduled to play.
Shuttle Time Badge Course (Fri 5 Mar) – Postponed.
We are not able to play at PNINS during Alert Level 2. We will run an extra week at the start of Term 2, meaning the end date is now Fri 14 May.
Masters Rep Trials (Sun 7 Mar) – Going ahead.
The Masters / Vets / Super-Vets trials will now be held at Feilding Civic Centre on Sun 7 Mar at 4pm-7pm. We hope that sun 14 Mar trials will be held at PNINS during Alert Level 1.
Please familiarise yourselves with NZ Government guidelines
and MBA COVID-19 protocol during Alert Level 2:
Please see below for the Draw for Round 2: – Week 1 – 25 Feb (only half of teams playing in ARENA 3) – Week 2 – 4 Mar (only half of teams playing in ARENA 3) – Week 3 – 11 Mar – Week 4 – 18 Mar No play on 25 Mar – Week 5 – 1 Apr – Week 6 – 8 Apr
The government announced on Sunday 14 February at 7pm that our region will go into Alert Level 2 until midnight on Wednesday 17 February 2021.
Here is a summary of the status of each programme operating during this time period:
Junior Rep Trials (u13s & u15s at Arena): TBC
Junior Rep Trials (u17s & u19s at PNINS): TBC
Shuttle Time Years 5-8 School Competition (Thursdays at Arena): TBC
Sunday ‘open’ Session (Sundays at PNINS): TBC
Technical Coaching Session (Fri 19 Feb at PNINS): TBC
Central Region Development Camp 1 (Sat 20 & Sun 21 Feb at Cornerstone): TBC
This page will be regularly updated as we are provided information from NZ Government and are able to gather information from venues and participants where necessary.
If you have any questions, please contact one of our team: