He was immediately elected the Annual Vice President, and this was later, after his death, amended to "Founder and Annual Vice President in Perpetuity", so his name still remains in connection with the well-known club.
I Zingari was an Egyptian wording meaning "wanderers", and the club was socially most exclusive yet deservedly popular for generations. It played all over Great Britain and Ireland, and when it celebrated its golden jubilee with, a special match at Lord's in , the year-old Baldwin was there to entertain them and their opponents, the Gentlemen of England, to luncheon.
Baldwin was also a great authority on many card games. He was the author of a standard work on Short Whist and was the chairman of the committee of the Arlington Club later the Turf Club which in revised the laws of this ancestor of Bridge. He is also said to have been a founder member of the Four-in-Hand Club, so he was presumably a great hand with the reins of the horses.
In later life he was obliged to be wheeled about in a bath-chair, and he was known for wearing a flat-brimmed top hat, and a rosette and pair of mittens in the then famous black, red and gold colours of his beloved I Zingari. It is believed that he never married, and in gave his address as St. James' Street, London, the heart of London club - land of which he was for so long so prominent.
He died at the age of 87 on November 26th , and one is left to wonder if he ever saw the game of his invention played in later years, for the old Badminton Association was not founded until , and the very first tournament of all was not held until more than a year after his death.
Certainly he will have had no idea of what he started years before. But when was it that he devised the game? The fact that Baldwin was born as long ago as certainly lends credence to the thought that it will have been a few years before the date given by many authorities for the day at Badminton House. We shall probably never know for certain. So, Badminton has a noble background, and we feel that John Loraine Baldwin would not have been displeased at the development of his gentle country house amusement, for at the time it was no more than that.
This game is described in the "Encyclopaedia Britannica" as follows:- "A game played by two persons with small rackets, called battledores, made of parchment or rows of gilt stretched across wooden frames, and shuttlecocks, made of a base of some light material, like cork, with trimmed feathers fixed round the top.
Around the s the rules and regulations were drawn up. Following its popularity the first official written badminton rules were drawn up in by the Bath Badminton Club. Skip forward to to a key moment in the history of the sport is when another set rules and regulations, which are similar to the rules of today were published by The Badminton Association of England.
In they create the All England Open Badminton Championships, the first official competition in the world. The game finally received a boost in status when it became an Olympic sport at the Barcelona Games.
Previously it had only been an exhibition sport at the Munich and the Seoul Games. Both companies have a rich badminton history. For more information please take a look at our article about all the main badminton brands. Is badminton a sport? You bet it is! What is the origin of badminton? Well you could say India but for the game we know and play today you would lean more towards England.
Recent badminton history is still dominated by Asian countries with the top 10 ranking from August proving it. You can find which badminton players are currently dominating the sport on our BWF Top 10 rankings page. If you would like more help with other areas of the sport take a look at these articles? That said Asia is without doubt the largest market for the sport.
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Next Article. Related Articles. We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. More than a century later, the "All England" is still regarded as one of the most prestigious badminton competitions in the world.
In , the International Badminton Federation was set up in the UK and became badminton's first international governing body. Today, the International Badminton Federation has grown to member countries, including 48 European countries, and is based in Kuala Lumpur. Wednesday - Thursday - Sunday - - Home Matches start at on Sundays.
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