Welcome
Purwell Badminton Club is a small, friendly league badminton club of around 20 members.
We play badminton on a Friday night at Hitchin Boys School from 8pm till 10.30pm, with home matches on a Thursday evening at St Georges Hall, Letchworth from 7.45pm.
If you have just moved to the area, or are looking for a new club please see our Visitors section for more details.
History
Purwell Badminton club began life as part of Hitchin Badminton club which played at 2 venues on two nights per week. As each venue became more independent the split came quite naturally. As our part of the Club used Hitchin College, situated near the river Purwell at Walsworth we adopted the name Purwell Badminton Club in 1976.
Several years later the College threatened closure for refurbishment so we looked for a new venue and luckily the purpose built sports hall at Hitchin Boys School opened in 1998. Purwell Badminton Club was the first Club to take up residence and helped in making decisions such as the hall's colour scheme!
We have always been known as a friendly Club and we support the local leagues, entering one or more teams in both Stevenage League and Letchworth League with varying degrees of success over the years. Membership numbers have varied as well during the last 32 years but there are a few stalwarts who have remained loyal for most if not all those years!