Kevin Dennerly-Minturn

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]

Kevin Dennerly-Minturn
Personal information
Birth nameKevin James Dennerly-Minturn
CountryNew Zealand
Born (1989-05-18) 18 May 1989 (age 35)
Greenlane, Auckland,
New Zealand
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight96 kg (212 lb)
CoachThana Arikrishnan
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking47 (MD 24 April 2014)
78 (XD 21 November 2013)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  New Zealand
Oceania Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Ballarat Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2015 North Harbour Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Nouméa Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Nouméa Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Nouméa Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Ballarat Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Nouméa Mixed doubles
Oceania Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Invercargill Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2012 Ballarat Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Ballarat Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Auckland Mixed team
Oceania Men's Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Ballarat Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Auckland Men's team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Invercargill Men's team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Hamilton Men's team
BWF profile

Career

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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

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Oceania Championships

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Men's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

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

BWF International Challenge/Series

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Nouméa International   Joe Wu   Oliver Leydon-Davis
  Henry Tam
17–21, 24–22, 16–21   Runner-up
2011 Altona International   Oliver Leydon-Davis   Ross Smith
  Glenn Warfe
17–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2012 Auckland International   Oliver Leydon-Davis   Tom Armstrong
  Tjitte Weistra
21–18, 22–20   Winner
2013 Internacional Mexicano   Oliver Leydon-Davis   Job Castillo
  Antonio Ocegueda
17–21, 21–12, 21–6   Winner
2018 North Harbour International   Oliver Leydon-Davis   Jonathan Curtin
  Dhanny Oud
21–13, 21–14   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Nouméa International   Louise McKenzie   Henry Tam
  Donna Haliday
19–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2011 Altona International   Stephanie Cheng   Glenn Warfe
  Leanne Choo
20–22, 11–21   Runner-up
2016 Waikato International   Susannah Leydon-Davis   Abhinav Manota
  Justine Villegas
21–13, 21–14   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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  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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