Purple Battledore Shuttlecock

Purple Battledore Shuttlecock

The National Badminton Museum has had a purple feathered battledore shuttlecock circa 1870 donated to the National Shuttlecock Collection. The shuttlecock has a brown velvet base with a wool trim and 26 purple feathers. It has a diameter of 100 mm (4 “) x 125 mm (5 “)...
World record 351 miles per hour (565 km per hour)

World record 351 miles per hour (565 km per hour)

Yonex Nanoflare 1000 Z racket. India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy broke a decade-old Guinness world record for the fastest shot ever in badminton, 351 miles per hour (565 km per hour), using a Yonex Nanoflare 1000 Z racket with BG80 strings.           Satwiksairaj...
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...
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