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Did you know?

During the 19^th century British military officers in the Indian town of Poona added a net to the ancient game of battledore (meaning bat) and shuttlecock, and named this new game after the town. The sport of Poona was eventually brought back home by the officers and named badminton when the game was played in 1863 in the residence of Badminton House in Gloucestershire the home of the Duke of Beaufort.

Badminton has been part of the Olympic Games since Barcelona in 1992. It is the fastest racket sport in the world with the fastest smash recorded at 421km/h (262mph) A shuttlecock is formed from 16 overlapping feathers from the left wing of a goose or duck embedded into a rounded cork base.

Badminton continues to be supported in East Lothian by facilitating school programmes and festivals.  There are many clubs across the County and courts available in all sports centres operated by enjoyleisure.

Please find some links below to the enjoyleisure website and local clubs or visit BADMINTONscotland for information about Coach Education and national progammes.

http://www.enjoyleisure.com/

https://sites.google.com/view/haddingtonbc/home

http://eastlothianbadminton.weebly.com/

http://www.gullanevillagehall.org.uk/clubs/gullane-badminton-club