High Peak Badminton Club

The club operates in Buxton in the High Peak area of Derbyshire meeting on Wednesday evenings in Buxton.

An excellent social programme is available to club members.

The club has been established for many years offering development to any member desiring training.

Potential members are invited to contact the club secretary for a trial evening.

The club is a friendly club and welcomes players irrespective of experience, sex or age.

Club Secretary - Chandra Brown 01298-22502.

email: hpbc@peakland.co.uk

Brief history:

"Badminton was invented long ago; a form of sport played in ancient Greece and Egypt. Badminton came from a child's game called battledore and shuttlecock, in which two players hit a feathered shuttlecock back and forth with tiny rackets. The game was called "POONA" in India during the 18th Century, and British Army Officers stationed there took the Indian version back to England in the 1860's. The army men introduced the game to friends, but the new sport was definitely launched there at a party given in 1873 by the Duke of Beaufort at his country place, "Badminton" in Gloucestershire. During that time, the game had no name, but it was referred to as "The Game of Badminton," and, thereupon, Badminton became its official name."

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