Badminton at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

The badminton competition at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games took place in Kingston, Jamaica from 4 to 9 August 1966. It was the inaugural appearance for badminton at the games.[1]

Badminton
at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
VenueKingston
Dates04–09 August 1966
1970 →

Medal winners edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Tan Aik Huang   Yew Cheng Hoe   Dinesh Khanna  
Men's doubles Tan Aik Huang & Yew Cheng Hoe   Ng Boon Bee & Tan Yee Khan   David Horton & Roger Mills  
Women's singles Angela Bairstow   Sharon Whittaker   Ursula Smith  
Women's doubles Jenny Horton & Ursula Smith   Angela Bairstow & Iris Rogers   Rosalind Singha Ang & Teoh Siew Yong  
Mixed doubles Roger Mills & Angela Bairstow   Tony Jordan & Jenny Horton   Bob McCoig & Muriel Ferguson  

Final results edit

Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles   Tan Aik Huang   Yew Cheng Hoe 15–8, 15–8
Women's singles   Angela Bairstow   Sharon Whittaker 11–5, 11–3
Men's doubles   Tan Aik Huang & Yew Cheng Hoe   Ng Boon Bee & Tan Yee Khan 15–14, 15–5
Women's doubles   Jenny Horton & Ursula Smith   Angela Bairstow & Iris Rogers 15–7, 15–7
Mixed doubles   Roger Mills & Angela Bairstow   Tony Jordan & Jenny Horton 7-15, 15–8, 15–12

Results edit

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Men's singles edit

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1   Tan Aik Huang 15 15
16   Nandu Natekar 5 10   Huang 15 15
8   Wayne Macdonnell 15 15   Macdonnell 10 6
9   Yeo Ah Seng 9 12   Huang 15 15
5   Bob McCoig 15 15   McCoig 10 7
12   George Robotham 4 9   McCoig 15 15
4   Tan Yee Khan 15 15   Khan 7 13
13   Colin Beacom 7 4   Huang 15 15
6   Yew Cheng Hoe 15 15   Hoe 8 8
11   Yves Paré 10 8   Hoe 15 15
3   Suresh Goel 15 15   Goel 6 10
14   Howard Jennings 3 2   Hoe 15 15 Bronze medal match
7   Dinesh Khanna 15 15   Khanna 6 12
10   Edward Paterson 10 4   Khanna 15 15   McCoig 8 7
2   Roger Mills 15 15   Mills 3 11   Khanna 15 15
15   Peter Seaman 6 1

Women's singles edit

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1   Angela Bairstow 11 11
16   Sheila Phillips 0 0   Bairstow 11 11
8   Patricia Espley 3 11 12   Epsley 6 2
9   Alison Glenie 11 8 10   Bairstow 11 11
5   Ursula Smith 11 11   Smith 7 3
12   Muriel Ferguson 1 7   Smith 11 11
4   Alison Daysmith 4 11 12   Daysmith 1 5
13   Rosalind Singha Ang 11 7 9   Bairstow 11 11
6   Sharon Whittaker 11 11   Whittaker 5 3
11   Iris Rogers 6 2   Whittaker 15 15
3   Christine Bennett   Bennett 0 3
14     Whittaker 4 11 11 Third place
7   Jenny Horton 11 12   Horton 11 4 7
10   Judy Humber 5 10   Horton 11 11   Smith 11 11
2   Teoh Siew Yong 11 11   Siew Yong 5 5   Horton 8 1
15   Joy Nancy Twining 4 4

Men's doubles edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
    Ng Boon Bee
  Tan Yee Khan
15 15
    Howard Jennings
  Peter Seaman
10 11
  Boon Bee
  Yee Khan
15 15
  Mills
  Horton
11 9
    Roger Mills
  David Horton
15 16 15
    Omar Ibrahim
  Ah Seng Yeo
5 17 5
  Boon Bee
  Yee Khan
8 5
  Huang
  Hoe
15 15
    Tan Aik Huang
  Yew Cheng Hoe
15 15
    Donald Higgins
  Richard Purser
7 7
  Huang
  Hoe
15 15 Third place
  Jordan
  Beacom
2 11
    Tony Jordan
  Colin Beacom
15 1 15   Mills
  Horton
15 12 18
    MacDonald Henderson
  Bob McCoig
10 15 11   Jordan
  Beacom
9 15 17

Women's doubles edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
    Jenny Horton
  Ursula Smith
15 15
    Pauline Lamon
  Christine Bennett
0 0
  Horton
  Smith
18 15
  Siew Yong
  Ang
13 6
    Teoh Siew Yong
  Rosalind Singha Ang
15 15
    Catherine Dunglison
  Muriel Ferguson
12 1
  Horton
  Smith
15 15
  Bairstow
  Rogers
7 7
    Angela Bairstow
  Iris Rogers
15 15
    Kay Marie Nesbit
  Jay Nancy Twining
7 13
  Bairstow
  Rogers
15 15 Third place
  Glenie
  Simpson
2 10
    Alison Glenie
  Gaynor Simpson
17 15   Siew Yong
  Ang
15 15
    Alison Daysmith
  Judy Humber
16 10   Glenie
  Simpson
11 9

Mixed doubles edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
    Roger Mills
  Angela Bairstow
    Tan Yee Khan
  Rosalind Singha Ang
  Mills
  Bairstow
15 15
  Paterson
  Whittaker
10 8
    Rolf Paterson
  Sharon Whittaker
15 15
    MacDonald Henderson
  Catherine Dunglison
11 9
  Mills
  Bairstow
7 15 15
  Jordan
  Horton
15 8 12
    Tony Jordan
  Jenny Horton
    Ng Boon Bee
  Teoh Siew Yong
  Jordan
  Horton
15 15 Third place
  McCoig
  Ferguson
8 6
    Bob McCoig
  Muriel Ferguson
  McCoig
  Ferguson
15 15
    Edward Paterson
  Alison Daysmith
  Paterson
  Whittaker
7 4

References edit

  1. ^ "Results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.