Badminton Australia
Badminton Australia is the top national administrative organization in the sport of badminton in Australia. The association was founded in August 1932 as the Australia Badminton Association and is based in Williamstown, Melbourne .
history
Badminton was first played in Australia in 1900 when a certain Mister Moore returned from a trip to England and brought eight badminton rackets with him. As a result, a Reverend Bryant preached the game in many places. In Victoria, the national association ABA (Australia Badminton Association) was founded with the active participation of R. Clendinnen and H. Wray, who was already successful as a tennis player, and was renamed Badminton Australia at the beginning of the new millennium. The Australia Badminton Association became a member shortly after the International Badminton Federation was founded there in September 1936.
Major events, tournaments and leagues
- Altona International
- Australian Open
- Australian Championship
- Ballarat International
- Ede Clendinnen Shield
- Maddern Shield (junior competition)
- Melbourne Silver Bowl
- New South Wales International
- Perth International
- South Australia International
- Tasmania International
- Victoria International
- Western Australia International
- Whyte Trophy
Great personalities
- WR Hindson , player and official for 40 years
- HR Brady , Secretary General of the Association for 20 years
- C. Pickering , past president
- DG Chapman , past president
Web links
credentials
- Pat Davis: The Encyclopaedia of Badminton . Robert Hale, London, 1987, p. 10, ISBN 0-7090-2796-6 .