Welsh International

The Welsh International is an international badminton championship held in Wales since 1928 and is thereby one of the oldest badminton tournaments in the world. The tournament was halted during World War II and until 1956, between 1960 and 1966, and in 1971. It is organised by Welsh Badminton Cymru, the governing body for badminton in Wales.^[1]

Past winners edit

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1927	Alan Titherley	R. Finch	J. D. M. McCallum Alan Titherley	Thompson-Smith Reid	F. L. Treasure Meredith
1928	Thomas P. Dick	Margaret Tragett	F. L. Treasure F. B. Malthouse	Marian Horsley L. W. Myers	Thomas P. Dick Hazel Hogarth
1929	Donald Hume	Dorothy Colpoys	Donald Hume Ralph Nichols
1930	Thomas P. Dick	Dorothy Colpoys	Thomas P. Dick W. Basil Jones
1931	Willoughby Hamilton	Thelma Kingsbury	Arthur Hamilton Willoughby Hamilton	Hazel Hogarth Thelma Kingsbury	Ralph Nichols Nora Coop
1932		Alice Woodroffe	Donald Hume Raymond M. White	L. W. Myers Alice Woodroffe	Thomas P. Dick Hazel Hogarth
1933		Betty Uber	Donald Hume Raymond M. White	Betty Uber Thelma Kingsbury	Donald Hume Betty Uber
1934	Raymond M. White	Thelma Kingsbury	Willoughby Hamilton Ian Maconachie		B. P. Cook Betty Uber
1935	Raymond M. White	Thelma Kingsbury	Raymond M. White Ian Maconachie		Ian Maconachie Marian Horsley
1936	Thomas P. Dick	Greta Graham	H. Morland Kenneth Wilson	Dorothy Graham Greta Graham	Raymond M. White Thelma Kingsbury
1937	Raymond M. White	Daphne Young	Thomas P. Dick H. E. Baldwin	L. W. Myers Dorothy Colpoys	Thomas Boyle Olive Wilson
1938	Tage Madsen	Betty Uber	Thomas Boyle James Rankin	Betty Uber Diana Doveton	Thomas Boyle Olive Wilson
1939–1954	no competition
1955	James P. Doyle	H. B. Mercer	Desmond Lacey James P. Doyle	H. B. Mercer R. Smyth	Kenneth Carlisle R. Smyth
1956	Oon Chong Teik	Maggie McIntosh	Kenneth Derrick A. R. V. Dolman	Marjory Russell Maggie McIntosh	Kenneth Derrick B. Maxwell
1957	Oon Chong Jin	Mary O'Sullivan	Kenneth Derrick A. R. V. Dolman	June Timperley Patricia Dolan	Oon Chong Jin June Timperley
1958	Hugh Findlay	Heather Ward	Tony Jordan Hugh Findlay	Heather Ward P. E. Broad	Hugh Findlay Heather Ward
1959–1965	no competition
1966	Roger Mills	Mary Thompson	Roger Mills Robert McCoig	M. Withers Betty Fisher	Robert McCoig McCoig
1967	Roger Mills	Julie Charles	Roger Mills J. G. Pearson	Julie Charles Angela Dickson	Roger Mills Julie Charles
1968	Howard Jennings	Angela Dickson	Mike Tredgett A. Finch	J. Masters R. Gerrish	Howard Jennings Angela Dickson
1969	Howard Jennings	Angela Dickson	Howard Jennings Alan Fisher	Angela Dickson Betty Fisher	Howard Jennings Angela Dickson
1970	no competition
1971	Mike Tredgett	Betty Fisher	Philip Smith William Kidd	Angela Dickson Betty Fisher	Mike Tredgett Kathryn Whiting
1972	John Gardner	Barbara Beckett	John McCloy Peter Moore	Anne Forrest Kathryn Whiting	Clifford McIlwaine Barbara Beckett
1973	Michael Wilkes	Barbara Beckett	Michael Wilkes Alan Connor	Barbara Beckett Sue Alfieri	Michael Wilkes Anne Forrest
1974	Michael Wilkes	Anne Statt	Michael Wilkes Alan Connor	Anne Statt Margo Winter	Alan Connor Margo Winter
1975	Kevin Jolly	Pauline Davis	Tim Stokes Kevin Jolly	Angela Dickson Sue Brimble	Howard Jennings Angela Dickson
1976	David Eddy	Paula Kilvington	David Eddy Eddy Sutton	Anne Statt Jane Webster	David Eddy Barbara Giles
1977	Mike Tredgett	Gillian Gilks	David Eddy Eddy Sutton	Barbara Sutton Marjan Ridder	Elliot Stuart Gillian Gilks
1978	Kevin Jolly	Nora Perry	Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett	Barbara Sutton Nora Perry	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry
1979	Thomas Kihlström	Jane Webster	Thomas Kihlström Bengt Fröman	Jane Webster Karen Puttick	Billy Gilliland Karen Puttick
1980	Ray Stevens	Gillian Gilks	Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett	Gillian Gilks Paula Kilvington	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry
1981	Steve Baddeley	Karen Bridge	David Eddy Eddy Sutton	Karen Chapman Sally Podger	Billy Gilliland Karen Chapman
1982	Steve Butler	Sally Podger	Mike Tredgett Dipak Tailor	Nora Perry Jane Webster	Dipak Tailor Nora Perry
1983	Steve Butler	Karen Beckman	Mike Tredgett Martin Dew	Helen Troke Karen Chapman	Mike Tredgett Karen Chapman
1984	Morten Frost	Charlotte Hattens	Billy Gilliland Dan Travers	Gillian Gilks Helen Troke	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks
1985	Darren Hall	Fiona Elliott	Martin Dew Dipak Tailor	Karen Beckman Sara Halsall	Jesper Knudsen Nettie Nielsen
1986	Darren Hall	Fiona Elliott	Martin Dew Darren Hall	Karen Beckman Sara Halsall	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks
1987	Vimal Kumar	Lee Jung-mi	Richard Outterside Mike Brown	Fiona Elliott Sara Halsall	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks
1988	Darren Hall	Bang Soo-hyun	Nick Ponting Dave Wright	Karen Beckman Sara Sankey	Mike Brown Jillian Wallwork
1989^[2]	Mathew Smith	Joanne Muggeridge		Karen Chapman Sara Sankey	Dave Wright Claire Palmer
1990^[3]	Vimal Kumar	Denyse Julien		Cheryl Johnson Julie Bradbury	Nick Ponting Joanne Wright
1991^[4]	Wei Yan	Fiona Smith	Michael Adams Chris Rees	Denyse Julien Doris Piché	Andy Goode Joanne Wright
1992^[5]	Anders Nielsen	Suzanne Louis-Lane	Nick Ponting Dave Wright	Julie Bradbury Sara Sankey	Nick Ponting Joanne Wright
1993^[6]	Darren Hall	Marina Andrievskaya	Michael Adams Simon Archer	Julie Bradbury Joanne Wright	Chris Hunt Joanne Wright
1994^[7]	Peter Rasmussen	Denyse Julien	Andrei Andropov Nikolai Zuyev	Julie Bradbury Joanne Wright	Nick Ponting Joanne Wright
1995^[8]	Colin Haughton	Elena Rybkina	Andrei Andropov Nikolai Zuyev	Elena Rybkina Marina Yakusheva	Nikolai Zuyev Marina Yakusheva
1996^[9]	Chris Bruil	Kelly Morgan	Ian Pearson James Anderson	Nicole van Hooren Brenda Conijn	Quinten van Dalm Nicole van Hooren
1997^[10]	Dicky Palyama	Brenda Beenhakker	James Anderson Ian Sullivan	Sara Sankey Ella Tripp	James Anderson Sara Sankey
1998^[11]	Daniel Eriksson	Marina Andrievskaya	Joachim Tesche Jean-Philippe Goyette	Marina Andrievskaya Catrine Bengtsson	Henrik Andersson Marina Andrievskaya
1999^[12]	Richard Vaughan	Marina Yakusheva	Joachim Andersson Peter Axelsson	Irina Ruslyakova Marina Yakusheva	Peter Jeffrey Joanne Davies
2000^[13]	Richard Vaughan	Tracey Hallam	Anthony Clark Ian Sullivan	Ella Tripp Sara Sankey	Anthony Clark Gail Emms
2001^[14]	Irwansyah	Brenda Beenhakker	Vincent Laigle Svetoslav Stoyanov	Ella Tripp Sara Sankey	Nikolai Zuyev Marina Yakusheva
2002^[15]		Karina de Wit	Nikolai Zuyev Stanislav Pukhov	Ella Tripp Joanne Wright	Nikolai Zuyev Marina Yakusheva
2003^[16]		Ella Karachkova	Ashley Thilthorpe Kristian Roebuck	Ella Karachkova Anastasia Russkikh	Alexandr Russkikh Anastasia Russkikh
2004^[17]	Nathan Rice	Petya Nedelcheva	Reuben Gordown Aji Basuki Sindoro	Petya Nedelcheva Yuan Wemyss	Matthew Hughes Kelly Morgan
2005^[18]	Chetan Anand	Eleanor Cox	Andrew Ellis Dean George	Hayley Connor Heather Olver	Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta
2006^[19]	Irwansyah	Huang Chia-chi	Matthew Hughes Martyn Lewis	Natalie Munt Mariana Agathangelou	Kristian Roebuck Natalie Munt
2007^[20]	Marc Zwiebler	Jill Pittard	Wojciech Szkudlarczyk Adam Cwalina	Chloe Magee Bing Huang	Wojciech Szkudlarczyk Malgorzata Kurdelska
2008^[21]	Brice Leverdez	Kati Tolmoff	Andrew Bowman Martyn Lewis	Mariana Agathangelou Jillie Cooper	Watson Briggs Jillie Cooper
2009^[22]	Kristian Nielsen	Tatjana Bibik	Vitalij Durkin Aleksandr Nikolaenko	Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova
2010^[23]	Pablo Abián	Anita Raj Kaur	Peter Käsbauer Josche Zurwonne	Joanne Quay Anita Raj Kaur	Peter Käsbauer Johanna Goliszewski
2011^[24]	Niluka Karunaratne	Nicole Schaller	Chris Coles Matthew Nottingham	Ng Hui Ern Ng Hui Lin	Martin Campbell Ng Hui Lin
2012^[25]	Chou Tien-chen	Chiang Mei-hui	Marcus Ellis Paul Van Rietvelde	Gabrielle White Lauren Smith	Marcus Ellis Gabrielle White
2013^[26]	Pablo Abián	Beiwen Zhang	Chris Coles Matthew Nottingham	Tang Hetian Renuga Veeran	Chris Langridge Heather Olver
2014^[27]	Kieran Merrilees	Beatriz Corrales	Matthew Nottingham Harley Towler	Heather Olver Lauren Smith	Chris Coles Sophie Brown
2015^[28]	Vladimir Malkov	Anna Thea Madsen	Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	Matthew Nottingham Emily Westwood
2016^[29]	Pablo Abián	Beatriz Corrales	Liao Min-chun Su Cheng-heng	Anastasia Chervyakova Olga Morozova	Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Zięba
2017^[30]	Nhat Nguyen	Tanvi Lad	Oliver Baczala Michael Roe	Lise Jaques Flore Vandenhoucke	Michael Roe Jessica Hopton
2018^[31]	Luís Enrique Peñalver	Clara Azurmendi	Max Flynn Callum Hemming	Julie MacPherson Holly Newall	Matthew Clare Victoria Williams
2019^[32]	Ditlev Jæger Holm	Clara Azurmendi	Chiang Chien-wei Ye Hong-wei	Abigail Holden Lizzie Tolman	Alexander Dunn Ciara Torrance
2020^[33]	Cancelled^{[note 1]}
2021^[34]	Arnaud Merklé	Hsu Wen-chi	Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang	Margot Lambert Anne Tran	William Villeger Anne Tran
2022^[35]	Mads Christophersen	Yvonne Li	Rasmus Kjær Frederik Søgaard	Margot Lambert Anne Tran	Jesper Toft Clara Graversen
2023^[36]	Joakim Oldorff	Rosy Oktavia Pancasari	Christopher Grimley Matthew Grimley	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	Jan Colin Völker Stine Küspert

^ This tournament, originally to be played from 25 to 28 November, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales.

Performances by nation edit

As of the 2023 edition

Rank	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	England	31	30	44	40.5	42.5	188
2	Wales	8	4	3	8.5	4	27.5
3	Ireland	5	6	6	3	4.5	24.5
4	Russia	1	5	4	5	5	20
5	Scotland	1	2	4	3	5	15
6	Denmark	6	2	1	0	2	11
7	Spain	4	4	0	0	0	8
8	Netherlands	2	3	0	1.5	1	7.5
9	France	2	1	1	2	1	7
9	Sweden	2	1	2	1	1	7
11	Malaya Malaysia	2	1	0	2	1	6
12	Germany	1	1	1.5	0	2	5.5
13	Chinese Taipei	1	2	2	0	0	5
13	India	3	1	0	0	1	5
15	Bulgaria	0	1	0	2.5	0	3.5
15	Canada	0	2	0.5	1	0	3.5
17	Australia	1	1	0	1	0	3
	Poland	0	0	1	0	2	3
	South Korea	0	2	1	0	0	3
20	Belgium	0	0	0	1	0	1
	Estonia	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Finland	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Indonesia	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Sri Lanka	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Switzerland	0	1	0	0	0	1
	United States	0	1	0	0	0	1
Total		72	72	72	72	72	360

References edit

^ "History". welshbadminton.net. Badminton Wales. 2009. Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
^ 1989 IS winners
^ 1990 IS winners
^ 1991 IS winners
^ 1992 IS winners
^ 1993 IS winners
^ 1994 IS winners
^ 1995 IS winners
^ 1996 IS winners
^ 1997 IS winners
^ 1998 IS winners
^ 1999 IS winners
^ 2000 IS winners
^ 2001 IS winners
^ 2002 IS winners
^ 2003 IS winners
^ 2004 IS winners
^ 2005 IS winners
^ 2006 IS winners
^ 2007 IS winners
^ 2008 IS winners
^ 2009 IS winners
^ 2010 IS winners
^ 2011 IS winners
^ 2012 IC winners
^ 2013 IC winners
^ 2014 IC winners
^ 2015 IC winners
^ 2016 IC winners
^ 2017 FS winners
^ 2018 IS winners
^ 2019 IS winners
^ 2020 IS
^ 2021 IS winners
^ 2022 IC winners
^ YONEX Welsh International Badminton Championships 2023 winners

External links edit

Official Website

[34] This tournament, originally to be played from 25 to 28 November, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales.

[Badminton_1-1] "History". welshbadminton.net. Badminton Wales. 2009. Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009.

[2] 1989 IS winners

[3] 1990 IS winners

[4] 1991 IS winners

[5] 1992 IS winners

[6] 1993 IS winners

[7] 1994 IS winners

[8] 1995 IS winners

[9] 1996 IS winners

[10] 1997 IS winners

[11] 1998 IS winners

[12] 1999 IS winners

[13] 2000 IS winners

[14] 2001 IS winners

[15] 2002 IS winners

[16] 2003 IS winners

[17] 2004 IS winners

[18] 2005 IS winners

[19] 2006 IS winners

[20] 2007 IS winners

[21] 2008 IS winners

[22] 2009 IS winners

[23] 2010 IS winners

[24] 2011 IS winners

[25] 2012 IC winners

[26] 2013 IC winners

[27] 2014 IC winners

[28] 2015 IC winners

[29] 2016 IC winners

[30] 2017 FS winners

[31] 2018 IS winners

[32] 2019 IS winners

[33] 2020 IS

[35] 2021 IS winners

[36] 2022 IC winners

[37] YONEX Welsh International Badminton Championships 2023 winners

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