BADMINTON TOURNAMENT

Last night a most interesting tournament was held between the players of the Botwood Badminton Club, which was inaugurated this year, and the First Year players of the Grand Falls Club. This is the first time that Botwood has come up to try their skill against us here in Grand Falls and the event drew an enthusiastic number of fans. The players of both teams were very good indeed, and though they are comparatively new at the game, it was a most interesting evening for the spectators.

There was however, one exception to the First Year Players, Mr. Irvin of the Botwood team,is an old and experienced hand at the game and he pitted his strength against one of the best players on the Grand Falls team, Mr. Charlie James.

It was a very pleasant experience to have our near neighbours visit us and give us such strenuous competition, and we hope to have the pleasure of meeting them again in the near future.

The results of the games were as follows:-----12 sets were played; Grand Falls winning 10.

In the game between Mr. Irvin and Mr. James; the latter won.

~ The Grand Falls Advertiser: March 1937

The Grand Falls Badminton Club was active in 1942 and started possibly as early as the 1930s, when GFA High on Memorial Avenue, with a new gymnasium, opened. This gym was the club's home until the 1990s when the school was closed. The club was then moved to Notre Dame Academy, now Millcrest Academy, and is active there to this day.