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Badminton is probably less common than it onc was, but it is still played at many schools. It is often played during the spring term. It is normally persued in Physical Education and in freed time. Occassionally there are matches with other scools, but free time play is more common. Often the school will arrange a tournament which can tak various forms. Some times there are house tournaments or knock-out competions are also arranged.
In early 1970 many discussions were taking place anout the design of the school hall, which ws still in the 'planning stage'. I remember how we pressed for an increase in its height so that it could be used for badminton. Although occassional badminton sessions and tournaments have taken place in previous years, only this spring term did it really catch on as a popular activity throughout the school. With the weather and sickness confining many boys inside the demand for the court was always greater than the time available. I was able to arrange two competitions, one for the four Houses and three individual knock-out evebnts. The House Competition depended for its result on the very last match between the first pairs of Neatty and Mountbatten. Thevthree individual events went very much according to form, with the dominany boy in each age-group winning his final comfortably. Simon Brackenbury deserves mention as being quite outstanding, trating all his opponents with clinical disdain. Considering the wealth of games talent among the opposition, this was a remarkably good achievement.
The Bramcote Magazine, Autumn 1978
