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	Battledore and shuttlecock - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		BATTLEDORE AND SHUTTLECOCK, a game played by two persons with small rackets, called battledores, made of parchment or rows of gut stretched across wooden frames, and shuttlecocks, made of a base of some light material, like cork, with trimmed feathers fixed round the top.
		The object of the players is to bat the shuttlecock from one to the other as many times as possible without allowing it to fall to the ground.
		There are Greek drawings extant representing a game almost identical with battledore and shuttlecock, and it has been popular in China, Japan, India and Siam for at least 2000 years.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Battledore_and_shuttlecock (121 words)

	shuttlecock - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Lawyers (quotations): Lawyers: Battledore and shuttlecock's a wery…
		Battledore and shuttlecock's a wery good game, vhen you an't the shuttlecock and two lawyers the battledores, in which case it gets too excitin' to...
		A net is fixed so that its top edge is 1.52 m (5 ft) from the floor at the centre and 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) at the posts.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /shuttlecock.html (136 words)

	Battledore and Shuttlecock - Online guide
		Battledore and shuttlecock is a game which probably developed in Ancient Greece around 2000 years ago.
		Battledore and Shuttlecock was simply two people hitting a shuttlecock backwards and forwards with a simple bat as many times as they could without allowing it to hit the ground.
		The origin of the shuttlecock is unclear although one theory has it that corks were used to store feathers for some reason (writing feathers perhaps) in the past and the resulting object became a popular thing for first throwing and then batting.
	www.tradgames.org.uk /games/Battledore-Shuttlecock.htm (524 words)

	BATTLEDORE and SHUTTLECOCK
		It is known that Battledore and Shuttlecock was a favourite game of the children at Badminton House in Gloucestershire, because in a drawer in the room in which Badminton was first played there is a drum racquet which was used by them.
		This is because, being primarily a children's game, many artists through the centuries have included a battledore and shuttlecock in their paintings as a symbol of childhood.
		It seems as if some artists possessed their own battledores and shuttlecocks to use as props in their pictures, just as child photographers today use such items as teddy bears or dolls in their photographs.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/Rexhaggett/battledo.htm (1696 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Battledore and shuttlecock were games that were developed around 2000 years ago.
		Battledore was simply an upper class pastime of European families.
		Shuttlecock, still of unknown origination, as the name suggests, is a game that involves feathers and a cork.
	www.msu.edu /~williss2/carpentier/part3/battledore.html (70 words)

	About Badminton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The flight of the shuttlecock, a missile of cork and goose feather that players volley across the net, has been recorded at speeds of 260 kilometres per hour.
		While contemporary badminton first appeared in the mid-19th century, it evolved from the game battledore and shuttlecock, which can be traced back to ancient Greece, China, Japan and India.
		The shuttlecock was there, but it remains unclear whether it led to the game of battledore and shuttlecock that arose about five centuries later in China, Japan, India and Greece.
	www.badminton.org /about.html (406 words)

	SHUTTLECOCK GAMES
		I think it is true to say that, in most people's minds, a shuttlecock is associated with the sport of "Badminton", so it must come as a surprise to learn that there are many different shuttlecock based games currently played in the world today.
		This is partly because their survival during the 20th century has been left to the children who, quite frankly, prefer computer games and the like to the "old fashioned" games of their parents.
		The prime example of this could be the transformation of the centuries old game of Battledore and Shuttlecock into the current Olympic sport of Badminton.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/Rexhaggett/homepage.htm (427 words)

	origins and growth of badminton - Badminton Central Discussion Forums
		The shuttlecock was used, but it remains unclear whether it led to the game of battledore and shuttlecock, which was said to have been developed in Greece about 2,000 years ago.
		Battledore and shuttlecock were being played by peasants in England in the late 16th century, and by the upper class in Europe, where it was known by its French name, Jeu de Volant, by the 17th century.
		The origin of the shuttlecock is not clear, although one theory suggests that corks were used to store feathers and the resulting object became a favourite for first throwing around and then batting.
	www.badmintoncentral.com /vb/showthread.php?p=202613 (1571 words)

	Badminton
		When the game arrived in England players were using rackets, and the shuttlecock was put into play after each point by servants (where the term "to serve" or "service" came from).
		The object is to score points by hitting a shuttlecock over the net and into the opponent's court so that the opponent cannot return it over the net and in bounds.
		The shuttle is in play until it hits the floor, hits the ceiling, hits a player clothing, hits the net and drops on the hitter's side, gets stuck in the net or lands between the short service line and the net.
	www.wellington.org /miller/Badminton.htm (291 words)

	Shuttlecock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A shuttlecock is a high-drag projectile used in the sport of badminton.
		The name shuttlecock is frequently shortened to shuttle; a shuttlecock may also be known as a bird or birdie.
		The "shuttle" part of the name was probably derived from its back-and-forth motion during the game, resembling the shuttle of a loom; the "cock" part of the name was probably derived from the resemblance of the feathers to a bird's crest.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shuttlecock (442 words)

	Battledore game
		is a sort of game like badminton or shuttlecock, with a wooden paddle and small balls with feathers attached to them.
		The shuttlecock is made from a seed with feathers attached, and the paddle, called a hagoita, is rectangular and made of wood.
		Rack with a set of auspicious bow and arrow to ward off evil (hama-yumi) and a battledore in a home for the New Year.
	www.geocities.com /worldkigo/battledore.html (922 words)

	Badminton Australia: History
		The ancient game known as battledore (bat or paddle) and shuttlecock probably originated more than 2000 years ago.
		In the 1600s Battledore and Shuttlecock was an upper class pastime in England and many European countries.
		British officers in the mid 1800’s took this game back to England and it was introduced as a game for the guests of the Duke of Beaufort at his stately home ‘Badminton’ in Gloucestershire, England where it became popular.
	www.badminton.org.au /index.php?id=52 (456 words)

	Poetry X » Poetry Archives » Amy Lowell » "Battledore And Shuttlecock"
		The shuttlecock soars upward In a parabola of whiteness, Turns, And sinks to a perfect arc.
		Yellow heat twines round the handles of the battledores, The parchment cracks with dryness; But the shuttlecock Swings slowly into the ice-blue sky, Heaving up on the warm air Like a foam-bubble on a wave, With feathers slanted and sustaining.
		Then the shuttlecock relinquishes, Bows, Descends; And the sharp blue spears of the air Thrust it to earth.
	poetry.poetryx.com /poems/6418 (453 words)

	History
		The name 'badminton'; comes from Badminton House, the Duke of Beaufort's residence in Gloucestershire (now Avon) where a new version of battledore had emerged by the end of the 1850's.
		Done in the aesthetic style of the pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1872, the panel is one of two works based on the original oil paintings by Albert Moore in 1871.
		This panel, entitled "Battledore", is the only existing companion to the "Shuttlecock" panel now featured at the prestigious Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum.
	web.295.ca /~earlerobinson/html/history.html (502 words)

	History Of The Game
		The sport of badminton evolved from the ancient game of battledore and shuttlecock, a game played by adults and children for at least 2000 years in ancient Greece, China, Japan and India.
		This European influence may be one explanation to how battledore shuttlecock found its way to colonial America.
		When and where the game of battledore shuttlecock changed to require court boundaries as it evolved into the sport of badminton is not known.
	homepage.eircom.net /~marycurran/history1.htm (769 words)

	Badminton History
		Badminton came from a child's game called battledore and shuttlecock, in which two players hit a feathered shuttlecock back and forth with tiny rackets.
		A net is fixed across the middle of the court, with the top edge of the net set to a height of 5 ft (1.52 m) from the ground at the center and 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m) at the posts.
		If the serving side fails to return the shuttlecock, it losses the serve; if the receiving side fails to return the shuttlecock, it losses the point and must receive again.
	www.usm.edu /badminton/History.htm (858 words)

	Shuttlecock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Hornbook Battledore and Shuttlecock is a traditional folk toy that traces its origins back to medieval England.
		In those days, batting objects were used to bat round objects back and forth in an attempt to pass the time in a leisurely manner.
		In time, wooden paddles were used to replace the hornbook and cork balls with feathers became the most commonly used "shuttlecock" to bat back and forth.
	www.historicstagvillefoundation.org /shuttlecock.htm (87 words)

	Sports: Badminton - Cyclopedia.ws
		Around the time of the birth of Christ, a game with a battledore and shuttlecock was played in China, Japan, and Greece.
		The battledore was used similarly as today’s racquets are used.
		Popularity of Poona grew in England where it was known as 'Battledore and Shuttlecock'.
	cyclopedia.ws /home.aspx/Sports/Badminton (437 words)

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		Badminton evolved from the ancient game of battledore and shuttlecock, a game played by adults and children for at least 2000 years - in Ancient Greece, China, Japan, India and Siam.
		By the 17th century, battledore or jeu de volant, had become a pastime of the leisured classes in many European countries.
		How precisely the game of battledore and shuttlecock evolved into the game of badminton is also uncertain.
	www.worldbadminton.com /text/history.txt (1037 words)

	BATTLEDORE AND SHUTTLE... - Online Information article about BATTLEDORE AND SHUTTLE...
		bat the shuttlecock from one to the other as many times as possible without allowing it to fall to the ground.
		Greek drawings extant representing a game almost identical with battledore and shuttlecock, and it has Been popular in See also:
		SIAM (known to its inhabitants as Muang Thai)
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BAR_BEC/BATTLEDORE_AND_SHUTTLECOCK.html (207 words)

	battledore - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		- early racket game: an early racket game played by two people with flat wooden rackets and a shuttlecock
		- racket used in battledore: a light racket, smaller than a tennis racket, used for hitting the shuttlecock in battledore
		The game is named after Badminton in Gloucestershire, England, which is the family seat of the dukes of Beaufort.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /battledore.html (121 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport The 2004 Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It is based on a game called battledore and shuttlecock, which has its roots in games played in ancient Greece, China, Japan and India.
		It became a demonstration sport at the Munich Games (1972) and was added to the official program in 1992, with singles and doubles competition for men and women.
		Denmark are in with a shout with the reigning Olympic bronze medallist on the team.
	www.rte.ie /sport/olympics2004/events/badminton.html (229 words)

	Battledore and Shuttlecock, by Amy Lowell
		Yellow heat twines round the handles of the battledores,
		"Battledore and Shuttlecock" is reprinted from Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1916.
		Amy Lowell: Bibliography - A bibliography of the works of Amy Lowell; includes a list of critical and biographical resources.
	www.poetry-archive.com /l/battledore_and_shuttlecock.html (83 words)

	History of Badminton - BadmintonSource.com
		Thousands of years ago, a game called "battledore and shuttlecock" was popular in Greece, India, and China.
		This game was comprised of a shuttlecock that was batted back and forth by multiple players.
		Originally a child's game, battledore and shuttlecock evolved into a competitive sport.
	www.badmintonsource.com /history/badmintonarticle.cfm (313 words)

	SportsKnowHow.com - History of Badminton - Page 1 of 2
		The object of this game was to see how long a group could volley the shuttlecock by hitting it with the battledore, or paddle.
		The shuttlecock is often called a bird because its made out feathers.
		Even before battledore and shuttlecock evolved, there were similar sports being played throughout the world.
	www.sportsknowhow.com /badminton/history/badminton-history.shtml (532 words)

	Yourbadminton.com - The Ultimate Badminton Boost!
		Obrero, Quezon City was born to the Garrido family in October 2003.
		At the Battledore and Shuttlecock Badminton Hall, aficionados of the sport, male and female alike, can readily find almost all the basic items that they will need in order to be able to play badminton right away.
		From branded racquets to bags, TAKOMI shuttlecocks and other brands, strings of Chao Pai, RSL, Fleet, MMOA and Ashaway are on hand for stringing services.
	www.yourbadminton.com /courts-battledore.php (318 words)

	Battledore — Infoplease.com
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	www.infoplease.com /dictionary/brewers/battledore.html (220 words)

	Badminton
		The invention of Badminton originates back to at least two thousand years ago, where is was a combination of the games battledore and shuttlecock played in ancient Greece, India, and China.
		“It is known that around 1860, the daughters of the Duke of Beutfort were playing Battledore and Shuttlecock in the great hall of Badminton house, the seat of the Somerset family in Gloucestershire, England.
		To add a little variety, they rigged up a string across the hall from the doorway to the fireplace and the aim of the game was to try to keep the shuttle going by playing it to each other over the string.
	www.radessays.com /viewpaper/83795/Badminton.html (249 words)

	Badminton
		Origins - Badminton was invented long ago; its origins date back at least two thousand years to the game of battledore and shuttlecock played in ancient Greece, Indian and China.
		Badminton is distinguished from other racquet sports, all of which use a ball of some size, by two features: the use of a shuttlecock and the fact the shuttlecock cannot touch the ground during a rally.
		The flight characteristics of the shuttlecock and the pace created by constant volleying combine to make badminton one of the most exciting sports to play and watch.
	www.bethelcollege.edu /studentlife/intramurals/badminton.php (807 words)

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