All England Open Badminton Championships
- All England Open Badminton Championships
The All England Open Badminton Championships, or simply All England, is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious badminton tournaments. Played annually, it developed after the success of world's first badminton tournament held in Guildford in 1898. The tournament was successfully organised in April 4, 1899, however only three categories (Men's Doubles, Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles) were originally staged. Both Men's and Women's Singles were added the following year. The first three tournaments were named "The Open English Championships". It was eventually considered (especially after the first Thomas Cup series in 1949) the unofficial World Badminton Championships until 1977 when the International Badminton Federation launched its official championships. Since 1984 the tournament has been exclusively sponsored by Yonex.
The tournaments were halted twice: during World War I from 1915 to 1919 and World War II from 1940 to 1946.
Historical venues for the Championships
The tournament has outgrown eight venues, and is now played at the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham. [cite web|url=http://www.dillesport.dk/sportspc/AllEngland/historien.uk.html |title=The History of All England Championships |accessdate=2007-06-15]
Many female badminton players change their surname after marriage. Below are some of the former names or latest names as noted in the table above:
fnb|1 Ethel B. Thomson formerly known as Larcombe
fnb|2 Judy Devlin later known as Judy Hashman
fnb|3 Tonny Ahm formerly known as Tonny Olsen
fnb|4 Gillian Gilks formerly known as Gillian Perrin and the latest was changed to Gillian Goodwin
fnb|5 Ulla Strand formerly known as Ulla Rasmussen
fnb|6 Kitty McKane later known as Godfree
fnb|7 Nora Perry formerly known as Nora Gardner
References
External links
* [http://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/text.asp?section=0001000100190019 Official website]
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