Badminton History - All England Championships

History of Badminton MARCH 10,1898 1922 Mr. Percy Buckley, secretary of First Irish winner men’s singles the Guilford Badminton Club Frank Devlin - his first of 18 all organizes the first ever open eng...

History of Badminton MARCH 10,1898 1922 Mr. Percy Buckley, secretary of First Irish winner men’s singles the Guilford Badminton Club Frank Devlin - his first of 18 all organizes the first ever open england titles badminton doubles tournament at the Guildford Drill Hall. 1924 Kathleen [kitty] McKane Godfree 1899 (ENG) won all 3 women’s titles and all England badminton championships was also wo her 1st Wimbledon title and born with the first ever championships second olympic medal the same being held at the Headquarters of the year London Scottish Regiment Drill Hall, Buckingham Gate, London Meriel Lucas - winner (women’s doubles) 1928 Sir George Thomas at the age of 47 wins his record 21st title 1900 men’s and women’s singles introduced to the all england 1931 Bill White [ENG] became the first Sydney H Smith and Ethel B player to compete in shorts Thompson - first ever all england singles champions 1933 & 1935 1902 Bill White [ENG] ms champion first and only staging of all england at crystal palace 1932, 1934, saw the move from the hourglass 1936 - 1938 court to the rectangular court we Ralph nicols [ENG] men’s single know today champion 1903 - 1909 1938 - remains last english men’s singles winner Venue moved to London’s rifle brigades city HQ and the remained the home of the championships 1947 until 1909 first all england championship post WWII held at Harringay arena 1903 - George Thomas [ENG] won N.London mixed doubles; 1st of 21 titles over a period of 25 years herbert scheele start his 24 year reign as tournament referee 1910 - 1939 venue moved to the Royal 1949 horticultural hall, London its home first title winners from usa and until 1930 (last championships pre malaysia (David freeman, Usa) (Ooi WWII) Teik Hock/Teoh Seng Khoon, Mas)  History of Badminton 1950 1982 venue moved to empress hall chinese players entered the all earls court london england for the first time. Seven chinese players reach the QF 1951 stage and the LS was won by zhang Ailing first tv coverage of the championships 1984 1957 Yonex agree title sponsorship of the championships the start of a venue moved to wembley arena 32 year relationships with the london the home of event (to date) the longest in championships for 36 years sporting history 1967 judy hashman (Usa) won her 1985 record 10th women’s singles title a first and last scottish mix doubles record 17 all england titles in total. winner billy gilliland (SCO) and nora She was regarded by many as perry (ENG) badmintons greatest female player 1994 venue moved to the national 1968 indoor arena birmingham still the rudy hartono (INA) at the age of 18 home of the championships today years and 7 months became the youngest ever all england 1994 champion winning the first of his Yonex all england centenary eight men singles title championships celebrating 100 years since the forming of the 1969 badminton association the same heroe Yuki became the first year peter gade (DEN) claimed his japanese winner sole all england men's singles title 2002 1976 camilla martin (DEN) took the last triple winner Gillian Gilks (ENG) women's singles title beating 4 wins women's singles women's strong chinese opponents in a row doubles and mixed doubles. She was the last english women's singles winner (1978) 2005 last time england won Yonex all england title nathan robertson and 1977 gail Emms mix doubles first sponsorship with the championships with john player 2006 gao Ling and hwang sui (CHN) won 1980 their sixth consecutive women's prakash padukone (IND) became double's title the first indian men singles winner  History of Badminton 2007 HISTORY Yonex all england becomes part of the beginnings of badminton can be the bwf super series, The same traced to he mid-1800s, where it was year rally points scoring 3 x 21 was created by British Military officers used for the first time stationed in British India. Originally called ‘Battledore’ rather than badminton, its 2009 use of the shuttlecock rather than a ball has remained constant over the years a chinese white-wash taking all five titles 2010 100th all England championship. Tine ram rasmussen (DEN) claimed her second women’s single title 2010 lee chong wei (MAS) won the first of his three men’s singles titles 2012 olympic champion lin dan (CHN) won his fifth men's single title 2013 Tine Baun playing in her last tournament of her career made it a hat trick of yonex all england titles by winning the women's singles 2015 the nia reopened after a 26 million euros renovation as the barclaycard arena  Rules of Badminton Badminton - singles (1v1), doubles (2v2). The object is for you or team to win 2 sets (21 pts = 1 set) + 2 pts ahead court: 13.4 m long and 6.1 m wide, net 1.55 m above ground (boundaries differ from singles and doubles) ; rally - back and forth TO SCORE A POINT: SHOTS TO USE: hit shuttlecock to opponent w/o them forehand returning it backhand slice touch smash TO START A GAME: player serves shuttlecock below waist --> travel over the net --> land in legal areas CANNOT DO: if any are committed = opponent’s AIM OF THE GAME: point you cannot hit the shuttlecock hit shuttlecock on opponent’s floor outside the area of play you cannot hit the shuttlecock 2x in REMINDERS: succession you cannot touch the net serve shuttlecock legally you cannot hit the net and it lands on if a player won a point, they are to your side of court serve you cannot touch the shuttlecock w/ win = 21 pts + at least 2 points ahead any part of your body except teh win = 1st pair to win 3 sets racket FEW TERMS: fault - player has broken one of the rules let - unexpected occurrence common lets: shuttle caught in the net and remains suspended on top/ after passing the net is caught in the net in service, if both server and receiver are at fault if server serves before receiver if ready during a play shuttle integrates and base completely separates from the rest of the shuttle line judge is unsighted and umpire is unable to make a decision 30th point - wins set @ 29-29