The earliest records indicate badminton in Shepparton started in 1928 and was played until a lapse during the second world war. After the war interest in playing badminton resurged and the Shepparton Badminton Association was formed on the 24th April 1951 with three teams - Methodist’s, Scots and St. Augustine’s.
Over the years the association has had 37 independant clubs and over 18 stadium based clubs playing in its competition. The matches were played in a home and away format at each club's’ home hall. These were very entertaining times with entire teams often travelling in one car, sometimes quite a distance, and, treated to elaborate speeches and suppers. Some of the halls were too small to accommodate the full size courts and baselines were drawn up the walls! This, along with ceilings of varying height, and the Scots hall having rafters, made for some very interesting games.
In 1972 the decision was made to move all play to the Shepparton Sports Stadium. This led to the eventual demise of all the small clubs and by the 1990’s the SBA had become essentially one large club.
A list of the clubs that played in the Shepparton Badminton Association:
Ardmona Cannery Social Club
Baptist Badminton Club
Central Park Badminton Club
Congupna Road Badminton Club
Dhurringile Badminton Club
Drill Hall Badminton Club
Drumanure Badminton Club
Euroa Badminton Club
Harston Badminton Club
Kaarimba Badminton Club
Katandra West
Kialla Central Badminton Club
Kyabram Badminton Club
Legion Badminton Club
Lemnos Badminton Club
M.C.C. (Mooroopna Children’s Club) Badminton Club
Methodist Badminton Club
Mooroopna Badminton Club
Murchison Badminton Club
Nathalia Badminton Club
North Shepparton Badminton Club
Numurkah Badminton Club
Orange Lodge Badminton Club
PIne Lodge Badminton Club
St. Albans Badminton Club
St. Andrew’s Badminton Club
St. Augustine’s Badminton Club
St. David’s Badminton Club
Scots Badminton Club
Seymour Badminton Club
Shepparton Youth Club
SPC Badminton Club
Tallygaroopna Badminton Club
Tatura Methodist Badminton Club
Toolamba Badminton Club
Undera Badminton Club
Wunghnu Badminton Club
Some of the Stadium Clubs:
Bandits
Dookie
Dookie College
Halpins Harriers
Irrigation Research Institute (Tatura)
Merrigum
Mooroopna Park
Mooroopna Stadium
Murchison
Nathalia High School
Old Students Shepparton High School
Old Timers
Pine Creek
St. Andrew’s (Mooroopna)
Stanhope
Westsiders
Strathmerton
Wanderers
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