As early as 1860, Isaac Spratt, a London toy dealer, published a booklet, Badminton Battledore – a new game, but unfortunately no copy has survived.
Field Marshal FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, aide-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular War and later commander of all the British forces in the Crimean War was born, raised and buried in Badminton.
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She lived here with her close relative Mary, Duchess of Beaufort, wife of the 10th Duke.
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The village of Badminton played host to the Dowager Queen Mary during the Second World War, who was evacuated from Marlborough House in London to take up residence at Badminton House for the duration of the war.
The principal burial place of the Dukes and Duchesses of Beaufort is St Michael and All Angels Church, Badminton.
In 1846-1847, Willement made eight stained glass windows with heraldic designs for St Michael and All Angels Church, Badminton.
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The 4th ASEAN Para Games sports include archery, athletics, badminton, boccia, chess, fencing, goalball, judo, powerlifting, shooting, swimming, table tennis, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair tennis.
The 2009 Japan Open Super Series was a top level badminton competition which was held from September 22, 2009 to September 27, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan.
Additionally, they may choose one of the following extracurricular activities: arts, soccer, singing, basketball, scouts, dance, pencak silat, badminton, computer club, Koran reading and athletics.
He uses the nickname of 'Galeforce' and in 2012 challenged badminton player Gail Emms to a showdown for the exclusive use of the nickname after claims by Emms that she was the first Galeforce.
These are the results of the men's singles competition in badminton at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games in Jakarta.
These are the results of the mixed doubles competition in badminton at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games in Jakarta.
Badminton, for the 2013 Island Games, was held at the Jessie Vesey Sports Center.
Bangabasi College has common sports ground and a beautiful pavilion on the Kolkata Maidan for cricket, football, hockey, volleyball, lawn tennis, badminton, and athletics.
Imogen Bankier, Scottish badminton player, daughter of Ian Bankier
Rhonda Cator (born 1966), retired female badminton player from Australia
Eddy Clarisse (born 1972), retired badminton player from Mauritius
In 2011, he participated with the national Badminton Team to the Pacific Games.
Foo Kok Keong (born January 8, 1963 in Gombak, Selangor) is a former badminton star from Malaysia who rated among the world's best singles players from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s.
He was an avid player of badminton and tennis, and once reached the third round at Wimbledon.
Gil retired from badminton after the 1996 Olympics and is currently serving as an assistant coach of the Samsung Electronics badminton team.
Zoned groups of schools were established for weekly interschool competitions in Netball, Basketball, Softball, Tennis, Indoor Cricket, Hockey, Waterpolo, Soccer, Volleyball and Badminton.
Founded by the 2001 All England Open Badminton Champion, Pullela Gopichand, the facility trains several badminton players such as Saina Nehwal, Parupalli Kashyap, P. V. Sindhu and Gurusai Datt.
U. Vimal Kumar, Former National Badminton Player and Coach, Coach of Banga Beats Franchise of IBL
Tony Gunawan, Indonesian born badminton player of Chinese descent
Jeanine Cicognini (born 14 November 1986 in Brig, Valais) is a Swiss badminton player.
Judy Devlin (later Judy Hashman) (born 22 October 1935 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a former badminton player who won more major international titles than any other player of her era.
Malaythong portrayed a Chinese badminton player in a Vitamin Water commercial starring David Ortiz and Brian Urlacher.
Joël Le Houérou, French badminton player who won the 1963 French National Badminton Championships with Yves Corbel and Vice-champion of France veterans in 1986 with Christian Badou
Margaret Varner Bloss (born October 4, 1927) is a retired American athlete and professor of physical education from El Paso, Texas who excelled in three distinctly different racket sports: badminton, squash, and tennis.
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Though she never reached the relative heights in tennis that she did in badminton and squash, she was a strong enough player to reach the final of Wimbledon Women's Doubles in 1958, losing to Hall-of-Famers Althea Gibson and Maria Bueno.
Internationally she was most successful in women's doubles, usually partnered with Joke van Beusekom, winning at the (first) European Youth Championships in 1969, the Denmark Open in 1972 and 1975, the Irish International in 1975, and the Dutch Open in 1977.
He shared three All-England mixed doubles titles (1978, 1980, 1981) with Nora Perry and reached the All-England men's doubles final twice with Ray Stevens (1972, 1980) and twice with Martin Dew (1983, 1984).
The duo had a terrific success together, completing Badminton several times, receiving the silver medal at the 1990 FEI World Equestrian Games in Stockholm representing the British Team, and competing in the Barcelona Olympics.
The Associated Press quoted him as saying: "This is the biggest win in the history of Sri Lanka badminton".
In 1980, he won the Danish Open, the Swedish Open and became the first Indian to win the men's singles title at the All England Championship with a victory over Indonesian rival Liem Swie King.
Perkins was born on 15 November 1866 at Badminton, Gloucestershire and was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, St. Albans – his father, Rev Charles Perkins, was the headmaster – and at Merchant Taylors' School before obtaining a scholarship in classics to Jesus College, Oxford in 1885.
The Sports Hall is one of Leicester's best equipped sports facilities, now with professional Continental Basketball hoops that retract from the ceiling, Indoor cricket training facilities, and 6 Tennis or Badminton courts, at a cost of almost £6 million.
Not having money to light exteriors in the night, a 5 row grid was created of Chinese Lanterns (having 5 of them in each row) by DOP Shanti Bhushan & Associate Camerman Nuthan Nagraj to shoot badminton scenes in the night.
He is remembered primarily for his role in Funnell's completion of the Grand Slam of Eventing, winning the Badminton Horse Trials, the Rolex Kentucky Three Day and The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials.
Tennis, volleyball and badminton are also played in schools and uncultivated fields.
The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes was a sports magazine published by Longman between 1895 and 1923, and edited by A. E. T. Watson.
The Thomas Cup competition was the idea of Sir George Alan Thomas, a highly successful English badminton player of the early 1900s, who was inspired by tennis's Davis Cup, and football's (soccer's) World Cup first held in 1930.
Thomas Linley (17 January 1733 – 19 November 1795), English musician, was born in Badminton, Gloucestershire, and studied music in Bath, where he settled as a singing-master and conductor of the concerts.
He participated at the highest badminton club competition level (Eredivisie) for BC Culemborg and BV van Zijderveld.
Wang Wei (badminton), People's Republic of China badminton player who competed in the 2002 Asian Games
Xia Huan (Chinese 夏欢; born January 30, 1992 in Anhua, Yiyang, Hunan Province) is a successful Chinese female badminton doubles player.
In her most successful season, 1992, she paired with Lin Yanfen to win the China and Swedish Opens, the Badminton World Cup, the World Badminton Grand Prix, and the prestigious All-England Championships.
Li Yujia (李羽佳; b. 1983), Chinese Singaporean female badminton player
According to some reports, Zhang Jiewen will quit competitive badminton after the 2008 Summer Olympics, when she will marry Malaysian men's badminton doubles star Choong Tan Fook.
Primarily a doubles specialist, Zhou's biggest badminton achievement was winning women's doubles at the 1993 IBF World Championships in Birmingham, England with compatriot Nong Qunhua.