BADMINTON.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 201, 26 August 1939, Page 21

BADMINTON.

N.Z. CHAMPIONSHIPS. HAWKZSWOBTK DEFEATED. (B7 Telegraph—Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, Friday. The Wairarapa-New Zealand badminton singles champion, Philip Hawkesworth, was beaten to-night in the semi-tinal at the national tournament at New Plymouth by R. H. Lewis (Auckland), runner-up last year. Lewis will meet J. Spedding (Taranaki) in the final to-morrow night. Tlic women's final will be between Miss F. Fernie (Wellington) and Miss M. Kerr (Dunedin). Results of the semi-final«:—

Men's Singles.—J. Spedding (Taranaki) beat J. Payton (Wairarapa), 1.5—7. 15—8; R. Lewis (Auckland) beat P. Hawkesworth (Wairarapa), holder, 11 —15, 15—7, 15—10.

Women's Singles.—Miss F. Fernie (Wellington) beat Miss Pavton (Wairarapa), 11—3, 11 —5; Mists M. Kerr (Otago) 'beat Miss Edmonson (Waikato), 7 —ll, 11 —5, 11—3.

Men's Doublcfe. —Hawkesworth and G. A. Pearce (Wellington) beat P. Anderson (Auckland) and L. Vesty (Hawke's Bay), 15—3. 15 —7; C. L. Sheerin (Manawatu) and Payton beat M. T. Wilson and R. H. Lewis (Auckland). 15 —14. 10—15, 18 —14. Women's Doubles. —Misses J. Ramsay and Wade (Auckland) beat Misses X. Fleming and Fernie, 10—15. IS—lo. 15 —8; Mrs. Hawkesworth and Miss Kerr beat Misses Edmonson and Greaves (Wanganui), 14—11, 15—2. Mixed Doubles.—Hawkesworth and Mrs. Hawkesworth beat P. Anderson (Auckland) and Miss Berry (Wellington). 15—6, 15—8; Pearce and Miss Kerr beat Spedding. and Mies D. McCarthy (Taranaki), 15 —6, 15—17. lo —10.