You've Been Framed!

[Twilight]

Just interested to know what people most hilarious moment on court is!
You know - that almost surreal moment that can never be repeated and had you and your playing partners in stitches for ages!

Mine was whilst I was over in Guildford, visiting a mate...
We were playing at Surrey Uni, the hall was full, we were playing well. The game was fast with plenty of attack. I was coping well with my mates spare racquet. The opposition loft one, I'm under it, massive smash coming... I swing, there's a noise, the shuttle dribbles over the net. I look bemused at the racquet handle in my hand. 5 seconds...10 seconds...15 seconds... (alright it seemed like that anyway!)...a crashing noise 2 courts over to the left. 4 bemused Malaysian students looking at a handle-less racquet from the heavens on their court!!!
It took us a good 5 minutes of laughter before we could get back to play!

[NigelDiplock]

David,

I think you've perfected the art of disguise - sounds like a super drop with your opponents nowhere!!

[rachyuk]

This is a good thread!

I have had many a hilarious incident over the years, but this one was very recent and we giggled for the rest of the game!

A mixed match of serious proportions! League match and our side historically have lost more than we've won against this team, so the pressure was on to get some points in the bag etc..

My partner and I were a new pairing and were finding our feet, but doing surprisingly well!

The rally began and the opposing man came in at the net and stayed there!! During the rally, the shuttle was lobbed.....hanging in the air, my side of the net and I was lining up to kill it!

I had no idea the opposing man had moved in to block my shot and I smashed the shuttle directly onto the top of his head (probably about 12 inches away from me), at which point the shuttle then bounced diagonally across the net and landed IN, on our side of the net!!!!

I was so apologetic (I felt awful!) but it was so funny, that we kept giggling all the way through the game. It took a while to think about whether they'd won the point or not!!

You know the feeling of having 'a giggle' welling up inside while you are trying to serve and half way through the rally you just belt out a "Gafour!" to release the laughter!

[gjsims]

Very similar to mine, David. My partner had unaccountably run back from the net and hit an off-balance dropshot, leaving us both stranded in the rearcourt.

The man at the net shaped to play a net shot, so naturally I sprinted to the net. Half-way in he attempted to lob me but it was a pathetic shot. I took off from mid-court and intercepted the shuttle with a huge smash with all my weight behind it. The shuttle travelled about 12 inches onto his (bald) head.

About 2 points later the large lump on his head became unmissable. A teammate to the side of the court noticed it and laughed loud enough to shake the floor.

Next season we played him again and of course I hit him on the head with my very first shot. It took a good five minutes of looking at the back wall before either I or my partner could resume. The opposition did not see the funny side.

Later that season at their place, his first service was simply awful, so I hit him on the head again. I actually had to visit the doctor the next day because I strained a muscle in my throat trying (unsuccessfully) not to laugh. The rest of my team had to be sent outside until they regained control of their giggling.

[pj101]

We used to play in a church hall and the games always seemed to go on for a long time. It was very warm and one of our players(a teacher called Verity)dozed off sitting along side the court. The mixed game on court finished at last and the players went and sat down, the oposition on the opposite side of the hall. Verity's partner Rowly, called over to her that she was due on court now, so she opened her eyes, stood up then pulled her tracksuit bottoms AND her knickers down!! We all laughed so much during the rest of the evening that some players had to go outside to calm down!
Her post match explanation was that when she suddenly "came to" she thought that she had better undress for bed........

[Twilight]

Another fine moment I had once was whilst playing mixed doubles...

Now I have a bit of a reputation for being scary near the net - lunging in on serves, jumping blocks, mad stampedes from the back of the court. We'd been playing the game a little while. The opposing lass served, I lunged, she panicked, turned away, and I pinged the shuttle accidentally into her bum. (Didn't mean to - honest gov!)One little startled jump later, a reprimanding but smiling look, me apologising and maintaining my innocence and a little chuckle, we began again.
Not 2 points later, the opposition bloke hoofs the shuttle to the back of the court, I'm out of position having to speed across to get it, think I should do a short cross court drop/drive, and attempt it... Clump! Clump! Clump! Ping! Smack! Squeek! And my partner is now clutching her bum!!!

It started us all laughing and many cheeky looks were exchanged! After that the ladies seemed somewhat reluctant at times! After the game I got labelled as some cheeky bum pinger!!

[rachyuk]

David / Peter,

Very amusing stories!! I did have a giggle! I've never been struck on the 'rear', only between the shoulder blades and on the head!! By my partner, who was also my husband!

[chrisroe]

During a game of singles I thought I had caught my opponent out with a tight net shot and was waiting for an easy kill. They played a deceptive shot and I moved the wrong way at the net. I still thought I could get to the shuttle and made a lunging dive for it (it was close at this point!). Unfortunately I got the direction slightly wrong and one foot went into the net, promptly causing me to lose footing and fall through the net in a heap bringing both net posts crashing down to the amusement of everyone who was watching!

[Alex]

Good thread.

Funny how the funny moments always occur in a game of mixed - must be the women!

A funny moment that happened to me was also in a game of mixed. My partner was pushed to the back of the courtand played a clear, instead of moving in she stayed there so when i ran back to take another clear, she was standing there and i somehow ended up with a raquet right across my head.

It is funny now but at the time i hit the deck and blacked out and my partners racquet broke in 3 places. There was a bit of blood but luckily i recovered.

Still have the scar, luckily just a club night!! I still managed to carry on but everyone thought it was funny at the time until they realised what had happened!!

Alex

[Smasha]

Hi alex do you remember when you were playing at the ICT and the opposing team brought you to the front. You had the perfect oppertunity for a smash- high above the net.

You missed.

But u did hit it with your head though.

he he he

[Alex]

Yea, erm thanks 4 that Gill!! Now the whole world knows!! I was getting annoyed tho seeing how we were playin the top yorkshire doubles pair and they were beating us 13-4!

they won anyway

and i looked good

hehe

[joebloggs]

my funniest moment waz wen i was asleep in my bed an my mum couldnt get me up an she pulled the covers off me an i axidently kicked her in the face an gave her a broken nose!!! oppps

[joebloggs]

joe bloggs is actually my real name im from essex

[PansyPants]

I once let my racquet slip out of my hand and it actually went through a window the opposite side of the court were the opposition and my own team were having tea and biscuits!! one of the oppo came out with Tea stains. Comedy moment!!

[BadmintonsBest]

Great thread

I will always remember this one time last year during training. I was playing doubles, when the opposition played a drop. Instead of going front and back, the stayed at sides. So i've come into the net and played a cracking tight cross-court drop. One of the opposition has come HURDLING into to try and pick up the shot. The next thing was.....CRASH!! He couldn't slow himself down and has fallen into the net, taking the two posts down the floor with him. I turn around to find my mate lying on the floor entangled in the net!! I had to go out side to stop myself from crying with laughter why the rest helped him get out the net! Great laugh!

[Alex]

haha, racquet through the window, now that is funny.

i remember one match at ellesmere port a certain kym did the splits and got stuck!!!

the oppo were sniggering quietly to themselves i can tell you!!

im sure there was a funny squelching noise when she finally managed to lift herself up!!

she also did her hamstring in.

just thought i might add that after that game:

WALLASEY ST. JAMES OFFICIALLY WON THE BIRKENHEAD 1ST DIVISION.

alex

[Alex]

saying that though, i have been stuck in the splits myself enough times!!

[Alex]

Has everyone given up on this thread now??

This has to be the best thread of the lot but nobody is posting in it!!!

There must be some more embarrassing moments people can write here!?!?

[rachyuk]

Embarassing? not really, but spooky most definately!

I was playing at a club as a junior and I went on court for a mixed game, where the three other players were all veterans, very experienced and a lot to offer me at the time.

One of the men...a guy called Ken, had a large tummy and skinny legs and he'd often dash about trying to finish everything off. He used to joke about keeling over and on this particular night, he did keel over. An ambulance was called and he was taken off.

Meanwhile, my friend and I had to drive his car back home. Fortunately, his wife had already left for the hospital by the time we arrived, so we just slipped away into the night.

Later we heard that he had died on court...I remember the ambulance staff we're trying to resuscitate him on their way to the ambulance.

I must be going back about 13 years now and it still sticks in my mind.

You can pick yourselves up now!!

[johenderson]

Hi Alex and Gill!!

re: alex's comment about 'Must be the Women'

I don't think it is the women that are to blame in the game of mixed. The men just don't appreciate us!! We set it up nicely for them and they get the easy smashes!!

[AlexE]

ur rite this is a comic thread the funniest thing ive eva done on court was playing sngles and my opponent was playing a net shot i rushed in to get it back, tripped about half way there ended up diving some how managin 2 hit the shuttle and it hit the tape and trickled over.All i was worried about was not killin myself fallin!

[Alex]

Hi Jo,

See Nigels emails make a difference!!

Well i saw you playing mixed with Andrew Cooper - fair enough you can blame him!!!

How about we have some funny comments about the man messing up in mixed then... surely its happened somewhere... hasnt it???

Alex

[Justcoll]

Back in the good old days when my mom was still playing she told of a story where, during a league match she took an almighty swipe at the shuttle during a rally. Knowing that she not missed the shuttle all on the court were quite astounded when it seemed it had just disppeared. She then looked down at her racket to find that a string had broken and the shuttle was stuck in her racket. They laughed so much they could barely play after the incident.

Recently whilst I was on the court in a league match, a mixed doubles games, I put my racket up at the net, only to have my partner hit his cross court drive right into my racket. He was so astounded that the shuttle had come back so quickly, while I stood there laughing so much I could barely explain that it was probably going to be hard work for him to play against both the opposition and me!

At present I am playing in a division much higher than I am worthy of, and I knew for our first league match we would be annihilated by the opposition. I thus felt compelled to wear the necessary protective gear on the court to avoid injury and I think our opponents were quite taken aback when I arrived on the court with a pair of HUGE plastic sunglasses on my face and an umbrella, because I knew it would be raining shuttles all around us!

[Justcoll]

Reading the responses to this have been hilarious. Have had tears in my eyes all afternoon from laughing. Badminton is a really great sport! I am so glad I play it.

[stringerengland]

I remember playing with a friend at White Hart badminton club one evening. To say that this guy was enthuastic about getting to every shot was an understatement. He had knocked over the net on many occassions in order to get to a drop shot near the net. On this night he topped it all. I was trapped at the back of the court when the opponents hit a sneaky drop shot over the net. He lunged forwards towards the net like a man possessed, and missed his footing. Not only did he knock the net flying, but he slid under the net on his bottom, all the way down the length of the court and through the swing doors which led into the hall where we played. Everyone in the hall fell about laughing. After recovering from the shock of his antics, my partner got up, brushed himself down and game back onto court and played a blinder of a game. A true story, I remember it well.

[rachyuk]

Nice one Keith!

I've played in a few sports halls were they put a dividing curtain between you (Badminton) and the other activity karate/trampolining/keep fit etc..

Mid rally, I've often put my hand out to stop myself sliding off court and found that the curtain is in fact JUST a curtain and no wall dividers are in place at all!!

I've seen a guy slide fully through a curtain into a karate lesson before now!!

[rachyuk]

Ooh! and just thought...anyone here played Badminton in Fancy Dress?

[ivorhardon]

yer i think the yellow card idea does sound good and should be used for cheats good idea!!!

[Alex]

Grow up an stop disrupting this site!

[johenderson]

ok tonight, Deva won the Parker Trophy Plate, may i also add we will be promoted to the 2nd division in the chester and district league, oh , and we also won the Capper Trophy :):)

In the final tonight, in mixed, we were 13-14 down and i thought i would act more intimidating so i put my racket slightly higher and my partner decided at the last minute to do a serve down the line to the woman. However....

He served and it spontaneously hit my racket and floated over the net. Pity volley ball rules don't apply!!, We still won though, although it was hard to contain laughter at the time

[Alex]

but jo... you did put your racquet in a position that you dont usually therefore thoroughly confusing your partner!

hehe... im thinkin thats your fault, try again!!

and how come u werent at the cell on sunday??? hope 2 c u at the next one... week on sunday... dont b lazy!!!

[MarkAllen]

As a player, I have to say that humourous incidents I've seen seem to have fallen in much the same categories as previous postings, so here's one from the umpire's chair.
Some years back I was at a junior tournament in Guildford, U13s or thereabouts. At the time there was a thing going on with the kids to have their lucky(?) mascots on court with them, usually placed by the net post looking onto the court, and, of course, changing ends with the play. The one particular match I remember was mixed, a semi-final I think, and one of the pairs were Welsh, regrettably (thankfully?) I forget their names. They both had a mascot and pride of place went to the boy's red Welsh dragon. Anyway, it was a good match, tight all the way through, and had good support from the fair-sized crowd. But in the end the Welsh pair lost after a really tense 3rd game. I made my announcement, they all shook hands & all went to pick up their mascots. The boy picked up his, gave it a quick, dark look & promptly drop-kicked it into the stands -- he was Welsh after all.

[Twilight]

I'm a bit surprised no-ones got onto the subject of farting on court yet - maybe you're all just too nice!!

One particular farty moment I remember was when we were playing on club night with plenty of people there!

There was a very vigorous mens doubles match going on on the court next door to us. All of a sudden the guys seemed to have totally stopped and were walking off court in all different directions bar this one chap who was still on court laughing away! It suddenly dawned what was going on when I spotted the other three were holding their noses! The laughing chap had let out a silent but horrendously toxic lingerer and managed to gas the others off court!!! Well - he does sort of have a reputation for his bum notes!!

A minute or so later it started to effect our game as it drifted our way...my god did it hit the nostrils! The worst is when you're out of breath as well and your body makes you take in oxygen even though the smell is so bad and you're on the point of gagging!!!

I won't forget that in a rush!!

[annsummers]

Mr Turner, i am so glad you brought that up! This is so very embarrassing to say but what the devil. I was playing in the final of the baxtor trophy and i must admit i had needed the toilet before hand but never had the time. I went for a jump smash in the air and axidently let out an enormous ripper from my backside and to my horror you could see a brownish stain on the back of my dress!!
How embarressing i still havn't lived it down!!

[CocaSimon]

Ann, thats the biggest laugh iv had for a long time at least you had the corrage to admit your embarresing moments because im certainly not!

[Lizzie]

while gettin ready for our workout in the gym my friend, Celette Dabek decided she would take her jumper off!! little did she no she hadnt just takin off her jumper she had also launched off her t-shirt and was casually walkin down to the weights in just her bra!!
Luckerly for Celette i burst out laughing and she kind of guessed why when she felt a cold draft down her back! just like to say she went purple and red, it was so funny im still laughing at her now!!!!

[pecker20]

it was a nice spring evening about 2 years ago. i was playing a rainham and district plasic mixed match. we were playin istead rise and as far as i can remember we need 2 win. my partner and i who were both involved in the county squad scene were quite a formidable partnership. anyway we took our 1st came with barely little problem. HOWEVER in the next game we were faced with none other then a mr bean look alike, this held a small amount of humour but possed no problem. the match started and we were evenly matched. deep in2 the 3rd and final leg i hit a terrible wood that i felt not even i could take, so i SHOUTED NO VERY LOUDLY because i was near the net and put it up 2 a smashing hit close2his side of the net. dispite my bellow of "NO" mr bean seized his opportunity 2 smash the shuttle straight in2 my privates at practically point blank range. the pain was undescribable, and my partner was near enough winded through laughing so much. we couldnt compose oursleves after that and i think we lost!! iv u think this is remotely funny! then go and see my thread and reply in that 1!!-funny stories!cheers

[redkingjoe]

time: it was almost 20 years ago when i was very fit playing long hours of table-tennis almost daily and jogging regularly for at least a few times a week.

place and ppls: one day when i was waiting in the University-Gym for my 'table", suddenly i saw the beautiful girl that i got acquainted just a few weeks ago playing badminton casually with a gang of her friends. oh, man, she's so attractive and everytime i saw her accidentally in the U campus, there were different guys trying to....you know...

first time i really play badminton in my life: believing that i was extremely fit and badminton was only a "brother" of table-tennis, i didn't want to miss the chance. i joined in playing...

within 10 minutes of playing, i totally lost my breath....the foot just didn't answer my call to chase the bird...the hand which held the racket felt painful too...daxx it...i was so young and i had been doing regularlly high volumn of exercise...but yet i demonstrated myself to an attractive gal that i was a "mis-fit" completely...

[Loafer]

I have always got very angry with myself when playing badly (yes i get angry alot McB) and I found early on that taking it out on my equipment was going to push my budget a wee bit, so rather than throwing, snapping or shoving my racket in the nearest bin, i started to hit the head of my racket against the soft part of my lower leg, just to the right of my shin bone. (you may think you can see where this is going but you cant just yet)

so I started playing at a club and my level doubles partner asked me one day why i did it and I explained it kept me from breaking my racket every second game. He, also being a racket chucker previously, thought it made sense and whenever he felt the urge to chuck his racket he gave himself a quick sharp tap on the leg....

all went swimmingly until we were playing in a game we really should have won easily but found ourselves needing to win the third, deciding game. half way through the final game he gave in to frustration, and hit his racket on the floor, on inspection of the damage it turned out he had cracked the frame, but having no second racket and the frame being relatively intact he carried on. Not before the shuttle had a chance to hit the floor as my partner smashed into the net for the umpteenth time that evening, losing us the match, he hit himself in the leg

HOWEVER

he did it with a little bit more venom this time and the side of the frame coming in contact with his leg wash the cracked side. he was 20 mins on the side of the court picking shards of graphite and carbon fibre out of his leg before we could persuade him to go to casualty....

we laughed afterwards

[rhombus]

Many years ago in the 1980's, the Kent Open used to be played at the Walnuts Sports centre in Orpington. Myself and a friend ( Roger Hunter ) volunteered to help at the event in what ever capacity the Tournament committee thought fit. It was decided that we were to be on the door, challenging spectators to show their tickets. Geoff Rofe, the head of the Tournament committee kept reinforcing the fact that everybody no matter who they were had to show their tickets. We took this literally. Morten Frost had decided to play the tournament and this was seen as very prestigous.... I seem to remember he played a middlesex player, a chap called Norman Fraser in the first round.
Morten Frost came towards us on the door and we both recognised him straight away even though he was not in kit. We challenged him at the door to produce his ticket and of course he said ... I am Morten Frost. Of course you are mate replied Roger and Myself and barred his way through to the hall. He again and again stated to us that he was really Morten Frost until the activity at the door was noticed by the Tournament committee. Geoff Rofe ( who at that time ran all the county squads) looked over and immediately saw what was going on..... He went so red with rage/embarrasssment that we thought he was going to have a heart attack there and then. He personally took Frost through into the playing area and came back to us to find out what had been going on. Challenge everyone you said, no entry to anyone who ever they are you said if they haven't got a ticket.
Frost got changed into kit and when he came to come through the doors to the hall again he took the time to talk to us briefly. We told him of our little joke and he had a sense of humour and had a little chuckle to himself.

[Phil McBride]

I have always got very angry with myself when playing badly (yes i get angry alot McB) and I found early on that taking it out on my equipment was going to push my budget a wee bit, so rather than throwing, snapping or shoving my racket in the nearest bin, i started to hit the head of my racket against the soft part of my lower leg, just to the right of my shin bone. (you may think you can see where this is going but you cant just yet)

I used to hit my calf muscle with my racket full whack and only ever burst 2 doing it (rackets - not calf muscles) :rolleyes:

[Alex]

I used to hit my calf muscle with my racket full whack and only ever burst 2 doing it (rackets - not calf muscles) :rolleyes:

Ive broken more that 10 rackets like that!