Badminton New Zealand
Badminton New Zealand is the badminton organisation in New Zealand which was established in 1927 under the stewardship of Archdeacon Ralph Creed Meredith of Whanganui, one of its first champions. [1], and became a founding member of Badminton World Federation (then known as International Badminton Federation) in 1934. It was incorporated on 26 May 1938 and responsible for promotion and development of badminton in New Zealand.
Badminton New Zealand has 27 regional member associations and also organises the New Zealand Open badminton tournament.
In an attempt to attract publicity, and thus sponsorship, players and fans, Badminton New Zealand chose "Black Cocks" as a nickname for their national teams. Badminton NZ did get more publicity, and there was sponsorship interest from condom companies. Predictably, however; much of the public tended to treat Badminton NZ as a laughing stock. The IBF opposed the name, and it has been dropped officially.[2]
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- ^ Source "PERSONAL ITEMS". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP19311031.2.149 Source. Retrieved 2011-02-019.
- ^ Lester Haines (15 September 2005). "NZ finds Black Cocks hard to swallow". The Register. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/15/nz_badminton_kerfuffle/. Retrieved 2006-06-04.
