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FBC Olympics 2013 – Victoria Park

On Saturday 17 August 2013, an array of honed athletes from distant lands gathered at Victoria Park, drawn together by the unmistakable glow of the Olympic Beacon, the luminous green short shorts. The Games were contested by the mighty nations of Trinidad & Tobago, Monaco, and Oz, and crowds soon gathered to watch battle commence. […]

FBC Olympics 2012 – Hampstead Heath

On a sleepy Sunday afternoon in the middle of Hampstead Heath, 18 members of Finsbury Badminton Club startled onlookers with a sustained display of athleticism that will surely be hailed in the press as the event that eclipsed the so-called “Olympics”. Egg & Spoon. The Wheelbarrow. Tug. Of. War. Events that strike fear into even […]

Let’s get quizzical!

Some of FBC’s B section last night descended on The Eagle for their pub quiz. Splitting into two teams we battled it out across an invisible net, armed with pints instead of rackets – ‘Never mind the shuttlecocks’ vs ‘Sun, sea, sand and shuttlecocks’. And a whole lot of other teams. After the first half, both […]