BADMINTON

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20961, 15 September 1933, Page 3

BADMINTON

CHAMPIONSHIPS BEGUN FIRST IN HISTORY OF PROVINCE For the first time in the history of Canterbury badminton championships are being held in the city, the tournament being conducted by the newlyformed Canterbury Badminton Association, which consists of four Christchurch clubs and one from Ashburton. Entries number about 60, the contestants including C. E. Malfroy, run-ner-up at the last New Zealand tennis championships, and such well-known Canterbury tennis players as D. F. Glanville and J. G. A'Court. The tournament, which includes both championship and handicap events, is being held in the rooms of Todd Motors, Victoria street, and play will continue this evening, and on Saturday night, when the finals will be decided. ! Play last evening was keen, and although some of the players are comparative newcomers to the game, a number of fast matches was witnessed. The entries in the various sections j are:—Championships: Men's singles 18, women's singles 12, men's doubles 11, women's doubles 8, mixed doubles 16; handicaps: men's singles 34, women's singles 17, men's doubles 18, women's doubles 8, mixed doubles 24. j Last evening's results were: — Championship Events. WOMEN'S SINGLES. First Round—Miss O. F. Jenkins beat Miss S. Goss, 11-8, 14-10; Miss McNae beat Mrs R. M. Small, 11-9, 9-11, 11-3; Miss E. Edwards beat Miss E. Davey, 11-9, 11-4; Miss M. Bates beat Miss P. | Tobin, 9-11, 11-4, 11-2. WOMEN'S DOUBLES. First Round—Misses Hood and McNae beat Mrs Small and Miss Ormerod, 15-11, 15-7. MEN'S SINGLES. First Round—V. R. Skellerup beat H. Ronaldson, 15-4, 15-8; J. G. A'Court beat C. R. Ogier, 15-9, 15-12; J. Vaughan beat E. J. Pumphrey, 15-3, 15-0; J. Walsh beat T. Hood, 15-12. 15-9; K. C. Wilson beat R. M. Small, 15-0, 15-3. MEN'S DOUBLES. First Round—Giblett and Urquhart beat Glanville and Ogier, 15-16, 15-5; i Vaughan and Walsh beat Kilpatrick and Bourne, 15-8, 15-13; Kinvig and Wilson beat Smith and Ronaldson, 15-j, 15-6,

MIXED DOUBLES. First Round—Miss Davey and A'Court beat Miss Tobin and Glanville, 15-6, 15-12; Miss Bates and Ogier beat Miss Vincent and Agar, 15-1, 7-15, 15-12; Miss Hood and Wilson beat Mrs Peppier and Malfroy, 15-13, 10-15, 15-5. Handicap Events. WOMEN'S SINGLES. ( First Round—Miss B. McNae (owe I 4) beat Miss R. M. Small (owe 2), 11-2, 9-11, 11-3; Miss E. Edmonds (rec. 4) beat Mrs E. M. Peppier (rec. 5), 21-13; Miss S. Goss (owe 4) beat Miss K. L. Vincent (rec. 2), 21-10. WOMEN'S DOUBLES. First Round—Misses Hood and McNae (owe 5) beat Mesdames Kilpatrick and Agar (rec. 5), 21-14; Misses Edmonds and Goss (scr) beat Misses Spooner and Readman (rec. 9), 21-13. MEN'S SINGLES. First Round—J. Vaughan (owe 15) beat J. L. Tennent (rec. 12), 21-14; P. Bell-Syer (rec. 5) beat R. E. Smith | (rec. 5), 21.-19; D. McClatchy (rec. 6) I beat W. McNair (rec. 6), 21-20; J. O'Brien (rec. 4) beat D. F. Glanville (rec. 6), 21-8; W. Agar (rec. 6) beat B. G. Donovan (rec. 8), 21-19; F. L. Kinvig (scr) beat T. Dixon (rec. 12), 21-12; W. S. Hughes (rec. 12) beat W. Peppier (rec. 12), 21-20; E. J. Pumphrey (scr), beat R. W. Owen* (rec. 10), 21-16; J. G. A'Court (scr) beat V. R. Skellerup (rec. 7), 21-12. MEN'S DOUBLES. First Round —Kinvig and Morris (scr) beat Malfroy ana Glanville (rec. 4), 21-14; McNair and O'Brien (scr) beat Donovan and Falloon (rec. 8), 21-11; Vaughan and Walsh (owe 6) beat Hughes and Grafton (rec. 12), 21-12. MIXED DOUBLES. First Round—Miss Davey and A'Court (scr) beat Miss Jenkins and Kilpatrick (scr), 21-14.