{"id":50,"date":"2015-11-03T15:35:26","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T15:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecclesfieldbadminton.co.uk\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2025-09-17T10:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T09:37:12","slug":"club-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ecclesfieldbadminton.co.uk\/?page_id=50","title":{"rendered":"Club History"},"content":{"rendered":"

A BRIEF HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Formed in the 1950\u2019s Monteney Badminton Club was made up of staff members from the junior school in Ecclesfield with a few \u2018friends\u2019 and enjoyed free use of the school premises. The club was a member of the Sheffield Badminton League playing on Monday and Wednesday evenings.<\/p>\n

The early 1960\u2019s saw a decline in membership as fewer staff played badminton but it was still a \u2018closed\u2019 club. By 1965 there were pressures from within the school, together with stricter rules for the use of premises, forcing the club to make other arrangements.<\/p>\n

Hence in the 1966-67 season Hunshelf FE Centre became home \u2013 playing in what was then the hall and gymnasium of the Lower School of Ecclesfield School on Thursday evenings. Having two courts available, and open membership, meant it was possible to increase membership and by the annual general meeting at the end of the 67-68 season it was agreed the club, of around twenty members, should be renamed Ecclesfied Badminton Club.<\/p>\n

The club continued to play at Ecclesfield School until 1989, when the Hunshelf building was required for re-development. At various times other venues had been used for extra court time, including Colley School, Sheffield Wednesday\u2019s Sports Hall and Earl Marshall School. In 1985 Gatty Hall, in the heart of Ecclesfield, was used as one of the extra courts. By 1990 Gatty Hall had become home to the club on two nights a week.<\/p>\n

\"Gatty<\/a>
Gatty Hall viewed from Priory road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 2007 the club was awarded the title of Club of the Year by the Sheffield Badminton League and the trophy was proudly displayed on match nights by the side of the club\u2019s famous refreshments.<\/p>\n

However, Gatty Hall only has one court and eventually the search was on for a multi court venue. Parkwood Academy Sports Centre is now the club\u2019s new home for club and match play on Mondays.<\/p>\n

\"Parkwood<\/a>
Parkwood Academy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Parkwood<\/a>
Parkwood Sports Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Update September 2025<\/strong>. We have unfortunately had to change venue ‘again’ for our Wednesday night sessions.<\/p>\n

Wednesday play is now at Concord Sports Centre, located on Shiregreen Lane, S5 6AE, playing time 8 pm – 10 pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A BRIEF HISTORY Formed in the 1950\u2019s Monteney Badminton Club was made up of staff members from the junior school in Ecclesfield with a few \u2018friends\u2019 and enjoyed free use of the school premises. The club was a member of the Sheffield Badminton League playing on Monday and Wednesday evenings. The early 1960\u2019s saw a … Continue reading Club History<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-50","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecclesfieldbadminton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecclesfieldbadminton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecclesfieldbadminton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecclesfieldbadminton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecclesfieldbadminton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecclesfieldbadminton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecclesfieldbadminton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions\/215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecclesfieldbadminton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}