- Lianne Shirley
Lianne Shirley (born
October 13 ,1975 inAuckland ) is a femalebadminton player fromNew Zealand .She has competed at the
2001 World Badminton Championships inSeville , the2005 World Badminton Championships inAnaheim and the2006 Commonwealth Games inMelbourne .With her partner, Craig Cooper, she won the 2004 Canterbury International and the 2004 New Zealand Open in mixed doubles.
Her best results was the reaching the last 16 of the
2001 World Badminton Championships in mixed doubles. Her highest world ranking was 21 in mixed doubles.Lianne has a friend called Sarah Hoskins who is also a badminton player, sadly not playing to the same high levels as Lianne, but still pretty good. Sarah also plays tennis competitively and likes to go on long walks to escape her fellow tennis players. Lianne lives near her close friend Kate Taylor, who has four children, her eldest being Richard Burgess!
Lianne has two young cats Bagel and Zorro.
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