East Leake Badminton Club
Great badminton, great people, great fun...
Fun Stuff
How to tell if you're an 'addict'
- You play more than twice a week and own at least 3 racquets.
- You plan your holidays and social life around club nights and matches.
- You Sky+ televised tournaments then keep rewinding in slow motion to see if you can pick up any playing tips.
- You fancy Gail Emms or Nathan Robertson more than Angelina Jolie or Brad Pitt.
- You dream about shots you played or will play.
- You wonder whether to shake someone's hand using the forehand or backhand grip when greeting them.
Quiz
Test your badminton knowledge with this cunning quiz (answers at bottom of page)
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At which Olympic Games was Badminton first introduced as a demonstration sport?
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In which city are the annual All England Badminton Championships held?
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Who is the current Mens Singles World Champion?
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What nationality is top woman player Camilla Martin?
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How many feathers are there in a Badminton shuttle?
I didn't know that....
- Badminton is the fastest racket sport in the world and that's official. In June 2005, Chinese player, Fu Haifeng set a world record when he hit a smash at over 208 miles per hour!!
- A Me
ns Badminton Singles match is more physically gruelling than a Mens Tennis Singles match. When experts compared a Wimbledon final to a World Badminton Championship final they found that whilst the Wimbledon final lasted 2 hours longer, the actual amount of time the ball was in play was a mere 18 minutes compared to 37 minutes for the shuttlecock. They also found that the tennis player covered about 2 miles on court, whereas the badminton player covered 4 miles. So, the badminton player travelled twice as far in less than half the time!
- In 2003 the total prize money purse for the All England Badminton Championships was approximately £25,000. By contrast the total prize money purse for the World Snooker Championships in the same year was around £1.2 million! Not fair is it?
Top Badminton excuses.
- I served into the net because you were stood to close to me.
- Mine........yours......no mine...no yours. How did you miss that one?
- The lights were in my eyes.
- This is one of the slipperiest floors I've ever played on.
- Did you see how the shuttle moved in that draft? It would have been in otherwise.
- Sorry, I didn't realise we'd started for real yet!
Answers: 1. 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games 2. Birmingham, England 3. Dan Lin (or Lin Dan) 4. Danish 5. 16