Badminton HANDICAP TOURNEY PROGRESSES

Press, Volume C, Issue 29620, 16 September 1961, Page 15

Badminton HANDICAP TOURNEY PROGRESSES

Further progress was made last evening in the Canterbury Badminton Association’s annual handicap tournaments. Large fields in all grades are gradually being reduced to manageable proportions. Earlier in the week officials of the association were kept very late in trying to finish each evening's programme. On Tuesday evening when there was an unusual number of long and very close matches, play did not end until after 1.45 a.m.

The four courts at the Skellerup Hall have been full each evening from 7 pm., and it had been hoped to reach the finals of all events before this evening. However, there will still be a number of quarter-finals and semi-finals to play before the finals can be held. Results were:— A Grade Mixed Doubles.—Ttiird round: R. Hall and D Creaaey beat T. Hamiess and M. Inglis. 21-20. Semi-final: D Reid and N Baty beat B. Wylie and J. Davidson. 21-8. B Grade Men’s Singles.—First round: R James beat W Moss. 21-12. Second round: M. Berkeley beat G. Paton, 21-11: K. Serra beat R. Kirton. 21-12; James beat T Bradbury. 21-0; R. Fleming beat W. Christie. 21-11; D. Kenyon beat E. Ogier. 21-5. Third round: D. McClure beat D Haley. 21-15. R. James beat F. Fleming. 2114; D Kenyan beat N. Wilson. 21-16; M. Berkley beat K. Serra. 21-9; D. Kenyan beat N. Wilson. 21-7; M. Berkeley beat D. McClure. 21-16.

Women's Singles. Second round: G. Sullivan beat V. Cairns, 15-2; V. Bum beat L Newton. 15-10; N. Williams beat N Hughes, 15-8; A. Tourell beat J. Mackay. 15-5. Third round: Sullivan beat C. Atkinson, 15-3; Burn beat G. Boyd. 15-14; Tourell beat J. Bruce, 15-2; Williams beat C. Parris. 15-12. Semi-finals: Sullivan beat Burn. 15-18; Wililiams beat Tourell. 15-6

Women’s Doubles. Second round: C. Newton and Potts beat J. Murray and M. Barber. 21-20; B. Boloski and C. Parris beat D. Sharman and N. Smith. 21-14; J. Mackay and N. Hughes beat M. Shanahan and N. Cromie. 21-20; L. Newton and G. Sullivan beat G. Cairna and N. Williams, 21-17. Third round: B. Boloski and C. Parris beat L. Leask and B Makinson. 21-9: J Mackay and N. Hughes beat J. Bruce and G. Boyd, 21-2. K. Dench and A. Tourell beat C. Newton and M Potts. 21-15; L. Newton and G. Sullivan beat C. Atkinson and W. Svendsen, 21-9; J. Mackay and N. Hughes beat L. Newton and G. Sullivan. 21-4; B. Boloski and C. Parris beat K. Dench and A. Tourell, 21-3. Men's Doubles.—Third round: A. Atkinson and E. Ogier beat N. Greenslade and M. Finch, 2120; A Elmey and Creighton beat N. Baas and N. Wilson, 21-13: D. McClure and K. Serra beat T. Harniess and A. Beatson, 2112; R Kirton and A. Douglas beat D. Haley and R. Miller, 21-19. Semi-finals; McClure and Serra beat Kirton and Douglas. 21-19; Atkinson and Ogier beat Elmey and Creighton. 21-11. C Grade Men’s Doubles.—Third round: A. McDougall and E. Mahar, beat N Marsh and R. Marsh, 21-10; R. James and W. Christie beat D. Kanyan and E. Clarke. 21-15. Semi-final: A. McDougal! and E. Mahan beat A. Eden and M. Hutton. 21-14. Women’s Doubles. Third round: Y. Taylor and C. Macguire beat M. Mockett and J. Soundy, 21-13; N. McGifford and M. Freeman beat V. Edkins and E Lamberton, 21-19; M. Henderson and R Tie beat B. Larkin and D. Barrie, 21-15; M. Fraser and I. Sinclair beat M. Potts and P. Blackier. 21-6. Semi-final: Y. Taylor and C. Macguire beat N. McGifford and M. Freeman. 21-2; M. Fraser and I. Sinclair beat M. Henderson and R. Tie. 21-20. Mixed Doubles. Second round; M. Atkinson and A. Smith beat R. Serra and N. Beale. 21-16; D. Kanyan and J. Horton beat C. Ltlley and I. Sinclair. 21-16; N. Heron and J. Gibson beat E. Mahan and A. McDougall. 21-8; R. Perfect and G. Stevens beat T. Gyde and J Lester. 21-13; E. Lander and M. Fraser beat 1. Donaldson a.id B. Larkin. 21-9; M. Ismail and L Caverhill beat A. McLeod and R. Waites. 21-15; R. Marsh and E. Law beat G. Jordan and M. Potts. 21-13; N. Marsh and L. Carson beat C. Andrews and J. Andrews. 21-11. Third round: N. Heron and J. Gibson beat R. Perfect and G. Stephens. 21-4; M. Ismail and L. Caverhill beat E. Lander and M. Fraser. 21-8; N. Marsh and L. Carson beat R Marsh and E. Law. 21-15.

D Grade Men's Singles.—Third round: S. Johnston beat J. Donaldson. 21-19; R. Pannell beat A. Ford. 21-14; W. Herron beat R Hampton. 21-12; R Dobson beat G Hobson, 21-18. Semi-finals: Pannell beat Johnstone, 21-16. Herron beat Dobson. 21-8. Women’s Singles. Third round: J. Horton beat K. Gyde. 15-11; P. Neville beat S. Fox. 15-12; M. Freeman beat M. McGifford. 15-6; S. Dench beat F. Wilson. 15-0. Semi-finals; Neville beat Horton. 15-7; Freeman beat Dench, 15-10. Men's Doubles. Second round: G. Hobson and R. Pannell beat R. Weatherhead and R. Dobson, 21-18: P. Woodill and A. Ford beat N. Bates and J. Strachan. 21-15. Third round: S. Johnstone and B. Chalklln beat R. Hampton and T. McGloln. 21-15; G. Hobson and R Pannell beat B. Howard and F O'Laughlin. 21-13; G. Rowse and P Kellaway beat P. Woodill and A. Ford. 21-12; D. Kenyon and E. Clarke beat I. Wallace and T. Mardon. 21-9. Semi-finals: Hobson and Pannell beat Johnstone and Chalklen, 21-15; Ken-

yon and Clarke beat Rowse and kellaway. 21-14. Women's Doubles. Second round: N. Elliott and V. Veitch beat M Bell and A. Smith, 2114; N McGifford and M. Freeman beat C. Evans and J. Bastion. 21-13; L Caverhlll and L. Knapp beat J. Austin and T. Wallace. 11-13; R. Retallick and P. Kellaway beat D Ward and E. Bell. 2141. Third round: M. Craig and E. Ritchie beat J. Anderson and M. Anderson, 2113: N. McGifford and M. Freeman beat N. Elliott and V. Veitch, 21-6; R. Retallick and P. Kellaway beat L. Caverhill and L. Knapp. 21-18; M. Adams and P. Tyson beat F. Greenslade and F. Laing. 21-20. Semifinals: Retallick and Kellaway beat Adams and Tyson. 21-20 Mixed Doubles—First round: N. Heron and J. Gibson beat I. Wallace and Mrs Wallace. 21-12. Second round: M. MacAskill and M. Adams beat W. Wakeham and E. Heath. 21-7; T. Mardon and M. Kirby beat C. Jessep and N. Smee, 31-19; A. Eden and C. Evans beat P. Kellaway and P. Kellaway, 2118; B. Daniels and E. Caverhlll beat B. Howard and J. Austin, 21-5; N Heron and J. Gibson beat M. Hutton and J. Bastion, 21-15; R. Pannell and E. Brown beat E. Clarke and J. Horton. 21-16; T. McGloin and D. Ward beat B. Bruce and S. Dench 2114; A Jacobs and P. Tyson beat R. Hampton and E. Bell, 21-19. Third round: M. MacAskill and M. Adams beat T. Mardon and M Kirby. 21-19; A. Eden and C. Evans beat B. Daniels and E. Caverlull. 21-13; N. Heron and J. Gibson beat R. Pannell and E. Brown. 21-11; A. Jacobs and P. Tyson beat M. McGloin and D. Ward, 21-12. Semi-finals: A. Eden and C. Evans beat M. MacAskill and M. Adams. 2117; N. Heron and j. Gibson beat A. Jacobs and P. Tyson, 11-12. President's Grade Mixed Doubles.—First round: D. Hickey and E. Carson beat R. Grade and E. Walker, 21-15; R. Garnett and O. Kimble beat R. Bain and P. Thurston, by default; A. Elmey and G. Sugden beat G. Miller and H. Flynn. 21-19; R. Meynell and M. Ellis beat E. Walker and S Naysmith, 21-9. Semi-finals: D. Hickey and E Carson beat R. Garnett and O. Kimble. 31-10; A. Elmey and G. Sugden beat R. Meynell and M. Ellis, 21-17.