Redhoods Badminton Club

10/05/2025

Brilliant Letchworth A team match against Ivel Badminton club last night. The score didn't reflect the effort and games played! Well done team!

03/05/2025

Lovely Indian meal out at the Raj Douth Hitchin. Thanks for organising Richard Dewar

20/08/2023

11/07/2023

Scott Trophy Winners 2023!
Congratulations to All!

16/05/2021

Can’t wait to get back on court, roll on Friday 🏸 🏸

31/05/2020

I need to get my badminton shoes on PDQ, corona I am over you now .

21/03/2020

Dear All,

The Redhoods Committee has decided that in the light of the stage we have reached with the coronavirus, and the Government’s guidelines relating to both unnecessary travel and social gatherings, we should suspend Redhoods Club Nights immediately and cancel any remaining matches.

Please keep in touch and feel free to ask any questions.

09/08/2019

Redhoods is a friendly, local league badminton club based at Fearnhill School, Letchworth Garden City.
Our club nights are Friday evenings, 8-10pm.
If you are interested in playing to the view of possibly joining; it would be great to hear from you!

We also welcome guests during club nights in the Summer and now for the rest of August.
Please leave a message if you wish to join us for a session.

And there is the after club social at the pub every Friday!

Please share with friends and groups to create awareness...

🏸🏸🏸🏸🏸

03/08/2019

Scott Trophy 2019

26/07/2019

🏸 Welcome to our new Redhoods Facebook badminton page. As the season gets going, more and more will be added to this page providing you with lots of information regarding our club. This may be -

* Teams
* Matches
* Social Events
* Tournaments
* Success & Achievements
* New Members

Chaya, Faye & Karen are your admins and will monitor and post information to this page.

Let's get going! 🏸

25/07/2019

A little bit of history....

1. Redhoods was founded in 1968 by the local journalist Eric Scott and his colleague Jack Lake.

2. Initially they played at Shefford Boys’ Home/ Industrial School for Roman Catholic boys.

3. In the early 70’s they moved to Henlow Camp where they used the excellent RAF facilities.

It was at this stage that the tradition was established of completing a badminton evening with a sociable drink at the New Inn, Holwell, Hitchin.
Surprisingly this tradition has survived!

4. In 1976 there was a tightening of security at Henlow and Redhoods had to move out to the Letchworth College. The club played here until 1977, before it moved to the newly built Fearnhill Sports Centre, where it has been ever since.

5. The social side of the club was strengthened by the organisation of an annual Dinner/Dance, which has taken place at a number of venues, including Knebworth Barns and the Broadway Hotel. A wonderful evening was held in 2018 for current and past members and their partners to celebrate 50 years as a club.

6. In the late 70’s the club entered a team in the newly formed Letchworth Badminton League and finished runners up. Since then it has gone from strength to strength and currently has 6 teams spread across 4 leagues.

7. In 1983 the club started its own annual mixed doubles tournament that raises money for a local charity. It is named The Scott Trophy Tournament in honour of Eric Scott, the club’s founder.
Traditionally it has finished with a celebratory meal afterwards in a local pub.

8. In the last 51 years the club has established a tradition of playing badminton in a very social context.

Welcome to Redhoods.....