badminton in Canada

A brief history of badminton in Canada
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A Brief History of Badminton in Canada last updated 96/09/01. 1900 Badminton first played in Canada's capital, Ottawa. 1907 Ladies' Hotel Tennis and Badminton Club formed, the oldest club in Canada. 1914 First Badminton Club Championships held the first open badminton tournament in Canada. 1921 Badminton Association of Canada formed, University Club, Montreal. SH Colonel McKee elected president, Colonel AE Harris elected Vice President, and Mr. RB Buchanan elected honorary secretary. Canada was the first country outside the British Isles to form a national association. The original trial transcript of the meeting all held since 1921 took place in the national office in Ottawa. 1922 First Canadian Closed Championships held at the AECB Badminton Club Hotel. A. E. Snell Ot to read more
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Badminton History
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Badminton History of the Foundation for BAE and codification of rules During the first years of this sport, badminton was played under a variety of conditions-the courts of different dimensions, and flying rackets many designs, even many sets different rules defining the base Thursday The pre-BAE years from 1873 through 1893 have been researched by Dave Jacobs and posted on its website. This era ended in 1893 with the founding of the Badminton Association of England and the codification of rules. This was accomplished largely through the efforts of Colonel SSC Dolby, ODA has played badminton for over 20 years and understood the need to standardize the sport. Colonel's residence Dolby, "Dunbar" is recognized as the official birth p Read more
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Battledore and Shuttlecock - online guide
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Battledore and Shuttlecock This site has moved to www.tradgames.org.uk. Please update your links to websites. The Guide Online Game Home traditional author tradgames.org.uk (excuse defence spam: email will work) of copyright? 1997-2002 by James Masters. Read more
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HickokSports.com - History - Badminton
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Sports History Alpha Index Index by Sport History Bits Forum Search History Badminton Contents Other resources History Badminton probably originated in India as a grownup version of a very old children's game known in England and battledore wheel, battledore be a paddle wheel and a small flag of cork, now usually balled a "bird". played for centuries by children in India, Siam, and Japan, it was a Thursday cooperative in which players have worked together to keep the "bird" in the air as long as possible. A network has been added and the game became a competitive sport called "Poona" by the years 1860, when officers of the British army played in India. Some of them have equipment in England and presented t Read
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OFFICIAL SITE OF THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT
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Olympics Athletes Sports News Olympic Movement Museum www.olympic.org Education English - Official Site of the Olympic Movement Olympic News 20 November 2007 Yog 2010 bid city presentations by video conference after the selection of the five candidate cities for the Summer 2010 Olympic Games youth, the IOC announced today it will follow the procedure for evaluating these candidates. Athens (GRE), Bangkok (THA), Moscow (RUS), Singapore (SIN) and Turin ... [More] Five cities compete to host the 1st Summer Olympic Games of Youth in 2010 (19 November 2007) Rogge urged participants to the World Conference against doping to make a lot and do so quickly (15 November 2007) a roaring lion in the country of Kangaroos (15 November 2007) More Olympic News Centre Media releases and more than 262 days to go Wor Read more
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washingtonpost.com: Badminton History
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[an error occurred while processing this directive] Source: USBA Go to Section Badminton USA Badminton Badminton History has a rich history in the USA. The first badminton club in this country, the Badminton Club of New York, was founded in 1878 and became a meeting place weekend in New York? S leaders of society. Badminton? S popularity exploded in 1930 that schools, YMCAs, and hundreds of newly formed clubs offered badminton instruction. Also boosting the sport? S popularity in 1930 was Avid play by several Hollywood personalities including James Cagney, Bette Davis, Boris Karloff, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers, Joan Crawford and Douglas Fairbanks. The American Badminton Association was organized in 1936 (changed to USBA in 1978), when Donald Wilbur Read more
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