Badminton England

Badminton England
Founded	1934
president	Geoff Rofe
Members	52,000 (as of March 31, 2012)
Association headquarters	National Badminton Center, Milton Keynes
Official languages)	English
Homepage	www.badmintonengland.co.uk

Badminton England is the top national administrative organization for the sport of badminton in England and is based at the National Badminton Center in Milton Keynes .

history

The association was founded in 1934 as the Badminton Association of England and emerged from the Badminton Association founded in 1893 . The association was a founding member of the International Badminton Federation . The association's office was in Bromley, Kent until 1980. After that the seat was moved to Milton Keynes. The association has the departments Elite Play , Events , Membership , Development and Coaching . In 2006 Badminton England made a joint venture with Inchima Limited called badminton.tv for online coaching of members.

Great personalities

President

• Arthur Hill , 1934-1950
• George Alan Thomas , 1950–1952
• R. Bruce Hay , 1952-1961
• Stuart Wyatt , 1965–1985
• Arthur E. Jones , 1985-1990
• Peter Birtwistle , 1991-1996
• WE Andrew , 1996-2004
• John Havers , 2004-2010
• Geoff Rofe , 2010-2016
• Diana Troke , 2016-

Other personalities

• Herbert Scheele , former Secretary General

Publications

• Badminton Gazette
• badminton

Events, tournaments and leagues

All of England All England Seniors' Championships Berkshire Championships Buckinghamshire Championships Cambridgeshire Open Cazenove Championships Cumberland Championships Derbyshire Open Devon Championships Durham Open Eastbourne Open Ebbisham American English championship English Junior Championship English Invitation Tournament English Invitation Singles Tournament English Masters Essex Open Guernsey Open Guildford Open Hampshire Championships Harrogate Invitation Hertfordshire Championships Hull Open Inter-County Championships Isle of Wight Championships Jersey Open Kent Championships Ladbroke Trophy Lancashire Open Leicester Open Leicestershire Open

Littlehampton Open Logan Championships London Championships London League Middlesex Championships Norfolk Open North London Championships Northamptonshire Championships Northern Championships Northern Counties Championships Northumberland Championships Nottinghamshire Championships Oxfordshire Open Portsmouth and District Championships Premier Division Somerset Championships South of England Championships Staffordshire Open Surrey Championships Sussex Championships West Hants Championships West of England Championships West Sussex Championships Westmorland Open Wiltshire Open Wimbledon Open Worcestershire Championships Yorkshire Championships

literature

• Pat Davis: The Encyclopaedia of Badminton . Robert Hale, London, 1987, p. 13, ISBN 0-7090-2796-6 .

Web links

• Badminton England
• badminton.tv