Historical Badminton Hall - SBA

The Selangor Badminton Association (SBA) Hall in Kampung Attap is one of the most historical badminton hall in our country. This venue has produced many top badminton players. The SBA Hall was built in 1929 and has been used by the public and as a training ground to develop young talent.

It was once the national training centre for badminton and the place where many badminton players first honed their talents before taking on the world.

Outlook of SBA Badminton Hall

Among the former players who used to train at the SBA Hall were the Sidek brothers – Jalani, Razif, Rashid and Misbun – James Selvaraj, Moo Foot Lian and Foo Kok Keong while the current crop of Chan Chong Ming, Ong Soon Hock and Tan Bin Shen also used to practice there.

I used to play badminton in this hall every Thursday right after my working hour. Too bad, last week was my final week to play in this hall because this hall closed on 25 November 2006 (Saturday) for major renovation. The renovation work will takes about 9 months.

The court I used to play

No age limit... we can see young to old players around here

Overall look in the hall

This hall/building really old, but I like the environment inside there, so classic and peaceful. Imagine this hall is almost 80 years old, and it still can operate until now, they really did a great job to maintain it.

Meeting hall

Old type windows

Main power switch box, quite bad condition, always get tripped off :P

SBA Fund Contributors board

My 'lepak' corner after game

We used to 'lepak' in the cafe after game for chit chat, imagine with all uncles, what else to chat? Work, politics, family, current issues and gossips :P

Sometimes got few ex-national badminton players came to join us for chit chat too, I always met Moo Foot Lian 'lepak' here.

My weapons...

I really miss this place so much, now we have to find other hall on the same day for our usual weekly meeting.

Goodbye SBA... See you after 9 months...