Moose
8th March 2005, 17:22
I have played a fair bit of badminton in the last ten years and as with any activity, funny/odd stories abound...
A biggy one for me was when a doubles partner broke an opposing players nose with a smash (it was a feather shuttlecock admittedly, but they were over the other end of the court!) and they then threatened to sue my mate (nought happened)...
Another occasion was when our universities womens team played; their opponents from "down south" (anything east of Offers Dyke is "down south") arrived off their bus in designer clothes, proceeded to take an hour to get changed, then between matches were waxing their legs and painting their finger nails!!! I didnt mind so much (although it did throw me off my games a little in the mens singles) but they went on to seriously beat our womens team...
...lots more like 'em...
Has anyone else got war stories or oddities from their playing history?!
A biggy one for me was when a doubles partner broke an opposing players nose with a smash (it was a feather shuttlecock admittedly, but they were over the other end of the court!) and they then threatened to sue my mate (nought happened)...
Another occasion was when our universities womens team played; their opponents from "down south" (anything east of Offers Dyke is "down south") arrived off their bus in designer clothes, proceeded to take an hour to get changed, then between matches were waxing their legs and painting their finger nails!!! I didnt mind so much (although it did throw me off my games a little in the mens singles) but they went on to seriously beat our womens team...
...lots more like 'em...
Has anyone else got war stories or oddities from their playing history?!