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Kevin James Dennerly-Minturn (born 18 May 1989) is a New Zealand badminton player.[1][2] In 2014, he competed at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[3]

Career

Dennerly-Minturn is an Auckland player on the international circuit and is also from the College Rifles badminton club. He comes from a very active and sporting family. From an early age he was gifted at a number of sports including cricket but pursued his passion for badminton and is now a key feature of the New Zealand doubles set up. He is based in Denmark for most of the year playing and training in the tough European environment.[4]

In 2008, he was the semi-finals in the men's and mixed doubles event at the Oceania Championships and won bronze.[5] He also won bronze in 2014 and silver in 2015 in the men's doubles event partnered with Oliver Leydon-Davis.[6][7] Partner with Oliver, he won the 2012 Auckland and 2013 Mexico International tournaments.[8][9] In the mixed doubles, he won the Waikato International tournament teamed up with Susannah Leydon-Davis.[10]

In 2017, he won the silver medal at the Oceania Championships in the men's doubles event partnered with Niccolo Tagle.[11] In the mixed doubles event, he teamed-up with Danielle Tahuri, and they reach the semi-final round but was defeated by the top seeds from Australia.[12]

In recent times Kevin has undertaken endurance sports, culminating in the completion of the Western Australia Ironman with a time of 16 hours 43 minutes.

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Salle Veyret,
Nouméa, New Caledonia 		New Zealand Joe Wu Australia Ross Smith
Australia Glenn Warfe 		15–21, 9–21 Bronze Bronze
2012 Ken Kay Badminton Hall,
Ballarat, Australia 		New Zealand Oliver Leydon-Davis Australia Ross Smith
Australia Glenn Warfe 		17–21, 18–21 Silver Silver
2014 Ken Kay Badminton Hall,
Ballarat, Australia 		New Zealand Oliver Leydon-Davis Australia Matthew Chau
Australia Sawan Serasinghe 		15–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze
2015 X-TRM North Harbour Badminton Centre,
Auckland, New Zealand 		New Zealand Oliver Leydon-Davis Australia Matthew Chau
Australia Sawan Serasinghe 		21–10, 16–21, 13–21 Silver Silver
2017 Salle Anewy,
Nouméa, New Caledonia 		New Zealand Niccolo Tagle Australia Matthew Chau
Australia Sawan Serasinghe 		8–21, 14–21 Silver Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Salle Veyret,
Nouméa, New Caledonia 		New Zealand Emma Rodgers New Zealand Craig Cooper
New Zealand Renee Flavell 		21–19, 17–21, 10–21 Bronze Bronze
2017 Salle Anewy,
Nouméa, New Caledonia 		New Zealand Danielle Tahuri Australia Sawan Serasinghe
Australia Setyana Mapasa 		8–21, 11–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Nouméa International New Zealand Joe Wu New Zealand Oliver Leydon-Davis
New Zealand Henry Tam 		17–21, 24–22, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Altona International New Zealand Oliver Leydon-Davis Australia Ross Smith
Australia Glenn Warfe 		17–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Auckland International New Zealand Oliver Leydon-Davis England Tom Armstrong
New Zealand Tjitte Weistra 		21–18, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Internacional Mexicano New Zealand Oliver Leydon-Davis Mexico Job Castillo
Mexico Antonio Ocegueda 		17–21, 21–12, 21–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 North Harbour International New Zealand Oliver Leydon-Davis New Zealand Jonathan Curtin
New Zealand Dhanny Oud 		21–13, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Nouméa International Australia Louise McKenzie New Zealand Henry Tam
New Zealand Donna Haliday 		19–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Altona International New Zealand Stephanie Cheng Australia Glenn Warfe
Australia Leanne Choo 		20–22, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Waikato International New Zealand Susannah Leydon-Davis New Zealand Abhinav Manota
New Zealand Justine Villegas 		21–13, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Players: Kevin Dennerly-Minturn". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Athletes: Kevin Dennerly-Minturn". www.olympic.org.nz. New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Kevin Dennerly-Minturn Biography". g2014results.thecgf.com. Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Kevin Dennerly - Minturn". www.sportsground.co.nz. Auckland Badminton. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Kevin Dennerly-Minturn - NZ National Squad". www.sportsnz.co.nz. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Mixed doubles pair win Oceanias". www.radionz.co.nz. Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  7. ^ "X-TRM Oceania Championships 2015 – Day 4: Guda, Chen Emerge Champions". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Badminton: Kiwi pair wins in Auckland". www.nzherald.co.nz. The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Badminton Pair Win Where All Whites Stumbled". auckland.scoop.co.nz. Scoop. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Overseas players show their class at Waikato International badminton event". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  11. ^ "New Zealand, Australia Dominate Finals". websites.sportstg.com. Badminton Oceania. Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  12. ^ "Five in Line for Double – VICTOR Oceania Championships 2017: Semi-finals". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.

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