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FINAL Results with hometowns
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| Oak Park and River Forest High School, 201 N. Scoville Ave., Oak Park, Illinois
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| Monday 17 July to Thursday 20 July |
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Games played 9am until 5pm
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Men's, Women's & Mixed Doubles, recreational through international competitive divisions.
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Badminton’s history dates back to Ancient Greece and early Far-Eastern civilizations. Versions of the game, sometimes using a foot instead of a racket, are even depicted on 3000-year-old pottery from China. Once known as battledore and shuttlecock, the game as we know it today took its name from Badminton House in Gloucestershire, England - home of the Duke of Beaufort. Badminton the sport is quite different from the version that families often play in their back yards. Badminton is the world’s fastest racket sport: a shuttle can leave the racket at a speed of almost 200 miles per hour and a badminton player can cover more than one mile in just one match. International Badminton is played with a feathered shuttlecock, not the plastic version used in many backyard games.
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 Badminton is extremely popular in Asia and Europe. It became an Olympic sport in 1992 and an estimated 1.1 billion people watched its Olympic debut on TV. Worldwide team championships are held each year. The men’s championships, called the Thomas Cup, have been won by just three countries since it began in 1948 – Malaysia, Indonesia and China – with China defeating Denmark in this year’s championship. The only time the Uber Cup, the women's world team championships, was won outside Asia was by the USA in 1957, 1960 and 1963; other holders are China, Indonesia and Japan. The two most successful badminton countries are China and Indonesia which between them have won 70% of all IBF events. Crowds of up to 15000 are common for major badminton tournaments in Malaysia and Indonesia.
Badminton is managed worldwide by the International Badminton Federation located in the United Kingdom. More than 130 countries are members of the IBF, 30 of whom have qualified players to participate in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. China is the most represented country in the Athens Olympics with 13 entries across the five disciplines of Badminton. Other top badminton countries represented at the Olympics include Korea (12 entries), Denmark (10 entries), Japan (9 entries), Indonesia (8 entries) and Great Britain (8 entries).
The first US Championships were held in Chicago in 1937 and were played on 21 courts. International badminton competition returns to Chicago for the 2006 Gay Games. The tournament will provide both spirited competition and broad-based participation by featuring athletes spanning from top level international and national players through participatory recreational. The competition will include women’s and men’s singles and doubles, as well as a mixed doubles competition. Divisions will be based on experience and skill levels as defined by the IBF. |
Chicago Adds Badminton League
2004-11-18
CHICAGO - Chicago Metropolitan Sports Association is adding a new sport to its already exciting line-up of gay and lesbian sports. Starting in January Badminton will be offered by CMSA. The new league will play its inaugural season at Evanston Township High School. The Badminton league is open to both women and men and will offer two levels of competition. The first season of play will be doubles with plans to play singles and mixed doubles in future seasons.
In preparation for Gay Games VII, coming to Chicago in July of 2006, it was decided to put together a league that would educate gay Chicagoans to the game of badminton. 
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