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2026 Ballarat Open Yonex Elite Series 1 & AIA Junior Circuit 1 U13/U17 Result

Published Tue 10 Mar 2026

The 2026 Ballarat Open Yonex Elite Series 1 & AIA Junior Circuit 1 (U13/U17) took place at Ken Kay Badminton Stadium from February 28 – March 1, hosted by Ballarat Badminton Association.

As the first tournament of the 2026 season, the event saw a strong turnout with over 200 entries across the Elite Series and Junior Circuit events, kicking off the year with a fantastic weekend of badminton in Ballarat.

Result:

Yonex Elite Series 1

Event Name	Winner	Runner Up
MS	Om Neelam [1]	Raja Muhammad Hasnain
WS	Nicole Fang	Alphonsa Bijomon [2]
MD	Raja Muhammad Hasnain Yobellto Rendy Ismanto	Jordan Wang [1] Chauncey Zhou Yu
WD	Kaitlyn Ea Lee-Yen Khoo	Jazmine Lam [1] Yee-Yuan Lim
XD	Jayden Lim [1] Kaitlyn Ea	Jordan Wang Lee-Yen Khoo

AIA Junior Circuit 1 U13/U17

Event Name	Winner	Runner Up
BS U13	Jasper Li [2]	Lucas Hui [6]
BS U17	Chen Qiu [1]	Wayne Xuan [2]
GS U13	Avani Joshi [3]	Claire Zhang [1]
GS U17	Smrithi Adepu [1]	Ava Wong [4]
BD U13	Jasper Li [1] Taorui Torry Yang	Menula Losath Hanthi [2] Lucas Hui
BD U17	Chen Qiu [1] Wayne Xuan	Shih-Yuan Lim [2] Hamish Tiwari
GD U13	Alona Bijomon [1] Avani Joshi	Claire Zhang [2] Eva Lehan Zhang
GD U17	Wanjiao Luo [2] Amy Qin	Tanvi Sai Mushini [1] Ava Wong
XD U13	Lucas Hui [3] Claire Zhang	Menula Losath Hanthi Angela Zhang
XD U17	Chen Qiu Ava Wong	Zehou Li [1] Wanjiao Luo

Congratulations to all winners and participants for a great weekend of badminton. A big thank you to Sandy and Rhonda, along with all volunteers, for their support and efforts throughout the weekend.

Full result here

Photos here

2026 Sanctioned events Juniorcircuit Elite Yonex AIA