History - The Badminton Museum

2022 Yonex All-England Badminton Championships

4 Apr, 2022 | Events, News

2022 Yonex All-England Badminton Championships Just before the start of the 2022 Yonex All-England Badminton Championships the Badminton World Federation (BWF) announced their decision because of the escalating conflict in Ukraine to exclude all players, coaches and...

Morten Frost

13 Feb, 2022 | People

Morten Frost Badminton England has announced that Morten Frost from Denmark, the four times Yonex All-England men’s singles champion will become their Performance Director starting in April 2022. For those who were not lucky enough to see him play at his best...

Yoneyama Rackets

11 Feb, 2022 | Development

Yoneyama King Dia Racket Photos: – Geoff Hinder Click on images to enlarge The Badminton Museum has recently been able to acquire a...

Mid-Head Racket

1 Feb, 2022 | Development

Carlton Mid-Head Racket In 1983 the Carlton Sports Company launched their new Mid-Head racket; the racket had a 227mm x 185 mm aluminium head with a steel shaft and an overall length of 645 mm. Owing to the smaller head size the strings had more tension and the...

Badminton at the Commonwealth Games

8 Jan, 2022 | Events

Badminton at the Commonwealth Games The first Commonwealth Games (originally called British Empire Games) was held at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1930. Badminton made its debut at the 1966 8th Games in Kingston, Jamaica. 11 nations entered the badminton tournament...

The All-England that was Won with a Racket with Two Shafts

30 Nov, 2021 | People

Sondico BX4000 Twinshaft Racket Photo: – Geoff Hinder Click on images to enlarge At the 1978 All-England Championships...

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