AUSTRALIA has narrowly missed a clean sweep in badminton's Oceania Championships.
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The Aussies collected victory in four of the five disciplines of competition when finals concluded at Ken Kay Stadium in Ballarat yesterday.
Australia's only blemish came in the mixed doubles, where New Zealand's Oliver and Susannah Leydon-Davis took out the final against Matthew Chau and Jacqueline Guan.
Yesterday's deciders brought down the curtain on a big week of badminton in Ballarat.
But the action doesn't stop there with the Pan Pacific Teams Championships to begin tomorrow as a lead up to the Australian Junior International, which begins on Wednesday.
SATURDAY'S FINALS
Mixed doubles: Oliver Leydon-Davis/Susannah Leydon-Davis (New Zealand) [2] d Matthew Chau/Jacqueline Guan (Australia) [4] 21-19, 21-13
Women's singles: Verdet Kessler [6] (Australia) d Michelle Chan Ky [1] (New Zealand) 21-23, 21-14, 21-14
Men's singles: Jeff Tho (Australia) d Ashwant Gobinathan (Australia) 21-13, 21-15
Women's doubles: Jacqueline Guan/Gronya Somerville (Australia) [1] d Jacinta Joe/Louisa Ma (Australia) 21-14, 21-17
Men's doubles: Raymond Tam/Glenn Warfe (Australia) [1] d Matthew Chau/Sawan Serasinghe (Australia) [3] 21-11, 21-13