The new scoring system - a smashing point or a point that needs to be smashed

I WAS 12 when I became the inter-house girls’ singles badminton champion at my alma mater – Methodist Primary School in Nibong Tebal, Penang, in 1985.

I still have that little trophy, slightly discoloured but very precious – largely because it was a difficult victory. You had to win serve first before you could even score a point.