Strings Badminton Club was formed in the summer of 2004. Before that time, most of the founder members had been playing together socially after work for a number of years. Then some bright sparks decided that we were good enough to put together a team and enter the local leagues. After much discussion and emails, Strings was born.

We were lucky in that one of our members had been playing in the local leagues for a number of years. So drawing on his experience, we put him in charge of the club. Currently, he is still our Dictator Club Secretary.

For the 2004/5 season we entered the Stevenage Badminton League (Division 3 -- finished 6th out of 7) and played some friendlies with other local clubs. We used Yonex Mavis 370 shuttles as these seemed to be the choice of most of the SBL teams.

For the 2005/6 season we were still in SBL Division 3, but we also entered a team in the Hertford Area Badminton League Men's 4s (Division 2). We changed our shuttles to Carlton F1 as we could get these in yellow (unlike the Mavis 370), which helps greatly against one particular off-white wall at the Leisure Centre. Opinion was divided in the team as to whether they were better or worse than the 370.

For the 2006/7 season we were still in SBL Division 3. The Hertford Area Badminton League Men's 4s had been divided into 4 divisions (we were in Division 3) and we also entered a team in the HABL Medley 4 league. We were still using the Carlton F1 shuttles as they seem to be indestructable and we had a considerable number of tubes left over from 2005/6!

For the 2007/8 season we put six teams together: Two for SBL (Divisions 3 & 4), two for HABL Men's 4s (both in Division 3), HABL Medley 4 (Division 1) and a team for friendlies. We changed venue from Stevenage Leisure Centre to Shephall Leisure Centre and changed back to using Yonex Mavis 370 shuttles.

For the 2008/9 season we are really pushing the boat out and have 8 teams entered in local leagues, even though we only have 22 members. We have the same teams from last year (the HABL Men's 4s A team earned promotion to Division 2), but have added a second HABL Medley 4 team and a Men's 4 team in the Biggleswade & District Badminton League. Venue & shuttles as before, though we still have some Carlton F1 shuttles left!

For the 2009/10 season we now have 9 teams entered in local leagues. We have the same teams from last year, but have added a team in the Letchworth & District Badminton League.

Why Strings? Well, we needed a name in a hurry and it was the first thing our illustrious leader thought of!

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