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Badminton England is the national governing body for the sport of badminton in England.It aims to govern, encourage and develop the sport throughout England. Originally established in 1893 as the Badminton Association of England in Portsmouth, [citation needed] the association is now based in Milton Keynes and has departments for Elite Play, Events, Membership, Development and Coaching.
The Badminton World Federation, aka BWF, is the international governing body for the sport of badminton approved by the International Olympic Committee. It was founded on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member nations: Canada , Denmark , England , France , Ireland , Netherlands , New Zealand , Scotland and Wales .
The National Badminton League (NBL) was a professional team badminton league in England. Organised by Badminton England, it was launched in October 2014 as the first ever national badminton league in the UK. Reaching seven franchise teams in its third and final season (16-17), the inaugural season launched with six teams.
Badminton is England's most popular racket sport. [19] It is an accessible sport where beginners can experience success early through basic rallying, but at the top level it requires high levels of power, agility and endurance. Badminton is an Olympic sport and Great Britain achieved medal success in both Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004.
Matthew Nottingham (born 17 May 1992) is a badminton player from England. He started playing badminton at age 3, and joined England national badminton team in 2009. [1] In 2011, he won gold and silver medals at the European Junior Championships in the boys' and mixed doubles events.
Boomzap was founded in 2005 by Christopher Natsuume and Allan Simonsen. Natsuume, the company's Creative Director was formerly lead producer for Far Cry at Crytek.Simonsen serves as the company's Technical Director and worked on the Spider-Man game for the Nokia N-Gage.
The English National Badminton Championships is a tournament organised by the Badminton England to crown the best badminton players in England. [1] The tournament started in 1964 and is held annually. [2] The first winners were Bill Havers and Ursula Smith in 1964. [3]
The England national badminton team represents England in international badminton team competitions and is controlled by Badminton England, the governing body for badminton in England. The English team is ranked 13 on the world ranking and has had many appearances in international team events. England were runners-up at the 1963 and the 1984 ...