Castlebar Badminton Club

Badminton has the brilliance of being the fastest racket sport (Great Britain's Simon Archer has achieved the fastest smash at 260 kilometres per hour) as well as one of the most widely played sports in the world, and is growing in popularity all the time.

Look at these amazing statistics comparing a badminton match with a tennis match. Badminton provides a vigorous cardiovascular workout for the player. In fact, the Department of Physical Education at Baylor University describes it as 'one of the finest conditioning game activities available'. A statistical comparison reveals the following: