How to find us

We play at Buckley Leisure Centre, which is attached to Elfed High School, Mill Lane, Buckley CH7 3HQ, Flintshire, Wales (Tel: 01244 546458). It is 400 yards due north of Buckley town centre, and shown in the two photos below.

We play in the main hall (a 4-court gym) and club nights are on Mondays from 8-10pm. Flintshire home matches are usually played there from 7-10pm on Mondays. Chester home matches are usually played there from 7-10pm on Fridays.

You can easily find us using the interactive Google map below. Click and hold the mouse button on the map and then drag it around — use the zoom controls to see more detail. The red balloon shows where we play.

Badminton stakes claim as fastest racquet sport

BEIJING: Badminton can firmly stake its claim to be the worlds fastest racket sport, with smashes reaching speeds of up to 332 kph (207 mph) so far at testing during the Sudirman Cup in Beijing.

The International Badminton Federation is conducting speed trials for the first time at one of its major events, with microwave sensors recording the speed of smashes on the main court at the world mixed team championships.

Chinese doubles star Fu Haifeng has clocked the fastest smash of 332 kph so far, while world number two Kenneth Jonassen of Denmark has recorded the fastest smash for a singles player at 298 kph (185 mph).

And with womens singles shuttler Huang Sui hitting at 257 kph (160 mph), tennis star Andy Roddicks world-record serve of 246 kph (153 mph) is some way off of badminton's blistering pace.