BADMINTON.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 207, 2 September 1938, Page 13

BADMINTON.

NATIONAL TITLES. ALL GRADES UNDER WAY. SEVERAL FINALS DECIDED. At the New Zealand badminton championship tournament at Hamilton yesterday matches in the A and B grades were commenced, and several finals were got off in the lower grades, which have been in progress all the week. Results of later rounds on Thursday:— A GRADE. Men's Singles.—Second round : P. Hawksworth beat 1. KUett, 15—a, ir>—B; M. T Wilson beat T. Skeet. 15—7, 15—8 ; M. C Slierrin beat J. Payton, 15—10. 11—15. 15—8; H. 11. Fow beat H. I>allimore. 15—1, 15—0 : G. A. l'earce beat K. T Fear, 15—6, 15—7. Women's Singles.—Second round : Miss M. Kerr beat Miss B. Aitken, 11—5, 11—2; Miss F. Ferriee beat Miss B. Ba<bbage. I-—'J, 11—Miss M. Kduiondson beat Miss J. In wood, 11—2, 11—3: Miss X. Fleming beat Miss M. Wade, 11—7, 11 — 1 ; Miss T. Greaves beat Miss N". Payton, ll—4. 11—8 : Mrs. C. F. Wren beat Miss E. Low, 11—2. 11—1; Miss J. Kamsav beat Miss D. McCarthy, 11—4, 11—5; Mrs. Hawksworth beat Miss B. Pavton, 11—1, 11— J. Women's Doubles.—Third round : Mrs. C. F. Wren and Miss M. Kdmonilson beat Misses K. Waters and J. Clough, 15—2, is—B; Misses X. and B. Payton beat Mrs. Dunn and Miss Bilbbage. 15—5. 15—7. «>uarter-final : Mrs. P. Hawksworth and Miss M. Kerr beat Mrs. H. H. Fow and Miss Pilling, 15—3, 15—2. Combined Doubles.—Second round: R. Lewis and Miss Edmondson beat J. Lewis and Miss Ramsay, 15—1, 15—8, 15—12. B GRADE. Men's Singles.—H. Millward beat S. Anderson, 21 —17 ; R. Cann beat G. A. Foster, 21—7 ; D. Crabb •beat I. Young, 21—11 : R. Speedy beat C. Collins, 21—18 ; S. W. Hull beat I. Owsley, 21—15 ; W. H. Read beat M. Thomas, 15—2; J. C. Bayly beat A. A. Smith, 24 —23 ; J. D, Low beat T. Uuodhall, 21—3. Women's Singles.—-Miss L. Cox beat Miss M. Beverley, 15—11 ; Miss B. Aitken beat Miss J. Glimmer, 15—1 : Miss X. Waters beat Miss Z. Holmes, 15—12 : Miss N. Payton beat Miss M. C-Jlderwood, 15—4. Men's Doubles.—r,'. D. Cullen and H. Millward beat W. P. Walker and E. Clague, 21—16. Mfxed Doubles.—J. Clougli and Miss V. Johnson beat J. S. George and Miss X. Lewis, 21 —10. C GRADE. Men's Singles.—Semi-Anal: A. E. Walker beat R. Speedy, 21—19. Men's Doubles.—Semi-final: R. Speedy and A. Reid beat A. A. Walker and D. Crabb, 21—17. Women's Singles.—Final: Miss R. Matthews (Hamilton) beat Miss M. Iggulden (Hamilton), 15 —8. Mixed Doubles.—Semi-final: W. A. Reid and Miss R. Matthews beat H. W. Mlers and Miss D. Clements, 21—10. D GRADE. Men's Singles.—Semi-final: C. G. Horn beat D. George, 21—18. Final: C. G. Horn (Waihou) beat C. H. Irvine (Matamata), 21—15. Women's Singles.—Final: Miss R. Horn (Waihou) beat Mrs. T. Sanders (Hamilton), 15—4. Men's Doubles.—Semi-final: C. G. Horn and J. S. George beat T. Sanders and H. McLaren, 21 —0. Mixed Doubles.—Semi-final: C. G. Horn and Miss Horn beat Cann and Mrs. Sanders, 21—7. HANDICAP MATCHES. Men's Singles.—McKean (12) beat Foreman <12), 21—17. Men's Doubles.—R. and T. Skeet (3) beat C. V. Hughes and H. Heath cote (10), 21—16. Mixed Doubles.—C. J. Dunn and Mrs. Dunn (owe 8) beat J. S. George and Miss X. Lewis (13), 21—18; J. R. Horn and Miss D. Hubert (13) beat H. Millward and Miss B. Babbage (4), 21—8.