The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premier status in 2011, and designated a Super 1000 event at the birth of the World Tour in 2018. The Super 1000 events, held in four historic strongholds of the sport of badminton are the highest level events below the World Championships and Olympic Games tournaments, and broadly equivalent in stature, though apart from the All-England not in historicity, to the Grand Slam tournaments in tennis.
Gillian Gilks is an English former badminton player who won numerous major titles in all three events between the late 1960s and the mid-1980s.
Ray Stevens is a former English badminton player and multiple National champion.
Theratil Rajiv Ouseph is a former badminton player from England who represented both England and Great Britain in the international tournaments. A long-time English and British No. 1, Ouseph's most significant international tournament achievement was becoming the European Men's Singles Champion, winning the title in 2017.
Darren James Hall is an English retired badminton player who is generally rated as one of the best men's singles players that England has produced and holds the record of 10 National singles titles.
Jane Webster, now known as Jane Sutton, is a retired English badminton player noted for her strong and consistent shot-making. Though competitive at a world-class level in singles, her greatest success came in doubles competition.
Margaret Beck was a badminton player from England who ranked among the world's best during most of the 1970s.
Jennifer "Jenny" Wallwork is an English badminton player who has achieved international success in both the women's events and the mixed doubles event, including a Commonwealth Silver medal in 2010. She represented her country 42 times, being the highest ranking female player for 4 years.
The 2011 BWF World Championships was the 19th tournament of the World Badminton Championships, a global tournament in the sport of badminton. It was held at Wembley Arena in London, England, from August 8 to August 14, 2011.
Archibald Frank Engelbach was an English badminton player. He competed in the All England Badminton Championships, winning the men's doubles title in 1920 under the alias A. Fee. He was a schools gymnastic champion before taking up badminton and became a prominent badminton judge. This resulted in him being uncapped for the England team. In 1930 he married Violet Baddeley, also a well known badminton player, daughter of Herbert Baddeley, the four-time winner of the Wimbledon doubles. He died in December 1961 at his home in London aged 80.
William F. Havers is an English former badminton international player and a former national champion.
John Newton Havers was an English badminton international player and a national doubles champion.
Colin Trevor Coates is a former English badminton international player and a former national champion.
Margaret Barrand is a former English badminton international player and a former national champion.
David Richard Hunt is a former English badminton international player and a former national doubles champion.
Edward H Sutton is a former English badminton international player and a former national champion.
Paula Kilvington is a former English badminton international player and a former national champion.
Michael Brown is a former English badminton international player and a former national champion.
David Wright is a former English badminton international player and two times English National doubles champion.
Ian Martin Sullivan is an English former badminton international player and an English National doubles champion.
