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In August, 1893 Major, later Colonel, S. S. C. Dolby, Hon Secretary of the Southsea Badminton Club, wrote to all known badminton clubs, and also put a notice in "The Field", that "A meeting is to be held at Dunbar, Waverley Grove, Southsea near Portsmouth' at 2:00 p m on September 13th, 1893 for the purpose of forming a 'Badminton Association'......." Read the rest of the history of the Association at worldbadminton.com