OLYMPIC BADMINTON – History.

OLYMPIC BADMINTON – History.

The History of Badminton at the Olympic Games. 1972 Munich Olympic Games. Demonstration Sport. It was only in the mid-1960s that efforts were made to include badminton in the Olympic programme.Badminton history was made at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games when for the...
1999 Centenary Yonex All-England Championships

1999 Centenary Yonex All-England Championships

Photos: – Peter Richardson                                                Click on images to enlarge 1999 Centenary Yonex All-England Championships  This year’s Yonex All-England is the 125th Anniversary Championships 1899 – 2024, we look back at the...
The First All-England Badminton Club in 1875

The First All-England Badminton Club in 1875

The First All-England Badminton Club in 1875 In 1875 Wimbledon was just a croquet club known as the All-England Croquet Club. At this time croquet was losing its popularity and to boost the membership numbers at the club, in February 1875 a motion was passed by the...
Table Badminton

Table Badminton

Table Badminton The first record of Table Badminton that we can trace appeared in the Lawn Tennis and Badminton magazine, in March 1901 – “Whiff Whaff or Table Badminton is to appear shortly. That the game will prove immensely popular there is not the...
What is it?

What is it?

Victorian Skirt Lifter The advent of the skirt lifter in 1846 was met with immediate success, this device usually made of brass, appeared as a pair of tongs with a locking mechanism. The skirt lifter had circular padded grips that held a chunk of material of the skirt...
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