Kevin Dennerly-Minturn


Kevin James Dennerly-Minturn is a New Zealand male badminton player. In 2014, he competed at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

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.
In 2008, he was the semi-finals in the men's and mixed doubles event at the Oceania Championships and won bronze. He also won bronze in 2014 and silver in 2015 in the men's doubles event partnered with Oliver Leydon-Davis. Partner with Oliver, he won the 2012 Auckland and 2013 Mexico International tournaments. In the mixed doubles, he won the Waikato International tournament teamed up with Susannah Leydon-Davis.
In 2017, he won the silver medal at the Oceania Championships in the men's doubles event partnered with Niccolo Tagle. 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.

Achievements

Oceania Championships

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

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Salle Anewy,
Nouméa, New Caledonia		 Danielle Tahuri Sawan Serasinghe
Setyana Mapasa		8–21, 11–21 Bronze
2008Nouméa, New Caledonia Emma Rodgers Craig Cooper
Renee Flavell		21–19, 17–21, 10–21 Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

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

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Waikato International Susannah Leydon-Davis Abhinav Manota
Justine Villegas		21–13, 21–14 Winner
2011Altona International Stephanie Cheng Glenn Warfe
Leanne Choo		20–22, 11–21 Runner-up
2009Noumea International Louise McKenzie Henry Tam
Donna Haliday		19–21, 15–21 Runner-up