Donna Haliday

Donna Haliday (born 4 February 1981; née Cranston) is a New Zealand badminton player.^[1] In 2008, she won the mixed doubles title at the Oceania Championships in New Caledonia with Henry Tam.^[2] She also completed her success by winning the women's and mixed team gold, and making the women's team competed at the 2008 Uber Cup finals in Jakarta.^[3][4] In 2010, she competed at the Delhi Commonwealth Games.^[5]

Donna Haliday
Personal information
Country	New Zealand
Born	(1981-02-04) 4 February 1981 (age 43) Raetihi, New Zealand
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	30 (WD 15 July 2010) 25 (XD 15 July 2010)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  New Zealand Oceania Championships 2008 Nouméa Mixed doubles 2008 Nouméa Women's doubles 2010 Invercargill Mixed doubles 2004 Waitakere City Women's doubles 2006 Auckland Women's doubles 2010 Invercargill Women's doubles Oceania Mixed Team Championships 2004 Waitakere City Mixed team 2006 Auckland Mixed team 2008 Nouméa Mixed team 2010 Invercargill Mixed team Oceania Women's Team Championships 2008 Nouméa Women's team 2010 Invercargill Women's team

Personal life

Haliday was born in Raetihi, and raised in Ohakune.^[5][6] Her husband is former national badminton rep Andrew Haliday^[6]

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Waitakere Badminton Centre, Waitakere City, New Zealand	Kimberly Windsor	Jane Crabtree Kate Wilson-Smith	8–15, 7–15	Bronze
2006	North Harbour Badminton Centre, Auckland, New Zealand	Renee Flavell	Nicole Gordon Sara Runesten-Petersen	17–21, 14–21	Bronze
2008	Salle Veyret, Nouméa, New Caledonia	Renee Flavell	Michelle Chan Rachel Hindley	14–21, 8–21	Silver
2010	Stadium Southland, Invercargill	Danielle Barry	Leanne Choo Kate Wilson-Smith	13–21, 12–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Salle Veyret, Nouméa, New Caledonia	Henry Tam	Craig Cooper Renee Flavell	16–21, 21–19, 21–17	Gold
2010	Stadium Southland, Invercargill, New Zealand	Henry Tam	Glenn Warfe Kate Wilson-Smith	11–21, 10–21	Silver

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Australian Open	Henry Tam	Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama Chau Hoi Wah	11–21, 5–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Victoria International	Renee Flavell	Kellie Lucas Kate Wilson-Smith	27–25, 7–21, 24–22	Winner
2007	Victoria International	Renee Flavell	Haw Chiou Hwee Lim Pek Siah	8–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2009	Victoria International	Danielle Barry	Erin Carroll Renuga Veeran	21–16, 19–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2009	Nouméa International	Danielle Barry	Deyanira Angulo Louise McKenzie	21–5, 21–11	Winner
2009	Cyprus International	Danielle Barry	Anastasia Chervyakova Natalia Perminova	18–21, 20–22	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Waikato International	Henry Tam	Naomasa Senkyo Misaki Matsutomo	21–13, 21–18	Winner
2008	North Shore City International	Henry Tam	Joe Wu Danielle Barry	21–14, 21–12	Winner
2009	Victoria International	Henry Tam	Raj Veeran Renuga Veeran	12–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2009	Nouméa International	Henry Tam	Kevin Dennerly-Minturn Louise McKenzie	21–19, 21–15	Winner
2009	Cyprus International	Henry Tam	Richard Vaughan Sarah Thomas	21–18, 21–14	Winner
2010	Canterbury International	Joe Wu	Oliver Leydon-Davis Louise McKenzie	21–19, 19–21, 23–25	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Players: Donna Haliday". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
2. "New Zealand wins four titles at Oceania Champs". Badminton Oceania. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
3. "New Zealand win Oceania Teams Event". Badminton Oceania. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
4. "TUC Oceania – Kiwis cash strapped to get to Jakarta for TUC finals". Badzine.net. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
5. "Athletes: Donna Haliday". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
6. "No turning back for badminton ace Haliday". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 26 December 2017.

External links

• Donna HALIDAY at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
• Donna HALIDAY at BWFBadminton.com