Gilligan&#… Editing Badminton 1 You are editing an old version of this page. If you save it, any changes made since this version will be lost. You are editing an old version of this page. If you save it, any changes made since this version will be lost. You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h2>Bio</h2> <p data-rte-fromparser="true"><b>Badminton</b> is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs (doubles), who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court divided by a net. Players score points by striking an object called a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their opponents' half of the court. The game's origins can be traced to the mid-Nineteenth in British India, where it was created by British military officers stationed there, possibly originating from an earlier form of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Tennis%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Tennis%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BTennis%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-3465904925f60bbd46be7d" class="new" title="Tennis (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvVGVubmlzP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Tennis</a>. The game is popular between both the middle and higher class as a form of exercise; the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Howells%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Howell%27s%20Hut%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BHowell%27s%20Hut%7CHowells%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-3465904925f60bbd46be7d" href="/wiki/Howell%27s_Hut" title="Howell's Hut">Howells</a> seem to be fond of the game with <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Mrs.%20Howell%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Mrs.%20Howell%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMrs.%20Howell%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-3465904925f60bbd46be7d" href="/wiki/Mrs._Howell" title="Mrs. Howell">Mrs. Howell</a> becoming quite adept at it when <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Mr.%20Howell%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Mr.%20Howell%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMr.%20Howell%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-3465904925f60bbd46be7d" href="/wiki/Mr._Howell" title="Mr. Howell">Mr. Howell</a> teaches it to her. </p> <h2 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Episode(s)</h2> <ul><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22The%20Big%20Gold%20Strike%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22The%20Big%20Gold%20Strike%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BThe%20Big%20Gold%20Strike%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-3465904925f60bbd46be7d" href="/wiki/The_Big_Gold_Strike" title="The Big Gold Strike">The Big Gold Strike</a> </li></ul> <hr / data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> <p /> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. Simply click on what you want to use and it will appear in the edit box above. Insert: – — … ° ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥ ± − × ÷ ← → · § Sign your username: ~~~~ Wiki markup: {{}} | [] [[]] [[Category:]] #REDIRECT [[]] <s></s> <sup></sup> <sub></sub> <code></code> <blockquote></blockquote> <ref></ref> {{Reflist}} <references/> <includeonly></includeonly> <noinclude></noinclude> {{DEFAULTSORT:}} <nowiki></nowiki> <!-- --> <span class="plainlinks"></span> Symbols: ~ | ¡ ¿ † ‡ ↔ ↑ ↓ • ¶ # ¹ ² ³ ½ ⅓ ⅔ ¼ ¾ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ ∞ ‘ “ ’ ” «» ¤ ₳ ฿ ₵ ¢ ₡ ₢ $ ₫ ₯ € ₠ ₣ ƒ ₴ ₭ ₤ ℳ ₥ ₦ № ₧ ₰ £ ៛ ₨ ₪ ৳ ₮ ₩ ¥ ♠ ♣ ♥ ♦ View this template This field is a spam trap. DO NOT fill it in! Edit summary Preview Mobile Desktop Show changes