Badminton SOME UPSETS IN ANNUAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY

Press, Volume C, Issue 29623, 20 September 1961, Page 17

Badminton SOME UPSETS IN ANNUAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY

Results of singles matches were as expected, but there were some upsets in the doubles when the Canterbury Badminton Association's annual A grade championships were continued last evening. Further progress was also made in the novice events. Two Canterbury division I players of 1961, D. Forbes and J .McShane, were eliminated in the first round of the men's singles in minor upsets. Forbes was beaten by B. Crofts (Knox) in a threegame match, with Crofts full of energy in the last game. McShane's conqueror was T. Harneiss, who plays in the Canterbury club’s B grade team.

Harneiss, a left-hander who was in the provincial division 111 side this year returned too many shots for McShane. In the following round Harneiss had an interesting match with the fourthseeded B. Wylie. He held Wylie to 10-all in the first game before the seeded player varied his game to good effect. Harneiss served poorly, and was too slow to recover Wylie’s well-timed drop-shots on return qf service.

R. Macefield, the men’s singles title-holder, showed in his defeat of M. Berkley that he will be very hard to beat again this year. Although he has not played in the interprovincial matches, and has missed some club matches, he appears to be the best of the field. Two seeded pairs failed to survive their first-round matches in the men's doubles. J. Read and R. Hall had to bow to the placement and control of the veteran Knox pair. R. Pattinson and A. Roberts, but the defeat of S. Clarke and P. Boatwood by M. Ford and L Mangos was more of a surprise. Ford and Mangos won this match at 15-12 in the third game. The same pair had a close call in the first round against the Lincoln College B grade pair, K. Drew and Ho Koh Yen. The very tall Drew smashed well and was well supported by the Malayan Ho. Ford and

Mangos had to call upon all their powers of recovery to win at 14-18, 15-12, 17-14. Players in the novice grade matches have shown a surprisingly good standard considering that they are all In their first year at the game. In the men's events the most impressive have been R. Hampton and J. Dando. Among the women Mrs M. McGifford, of the Burnham club, looks most promising She is a Malayan who had not played the game before coming to New Zealand. Results were:— A Grade

Men's Singles—First round: B. Crofts beat D. Forbes. 15-11, 8-15. 15-12; T. Harneiss beat J. McShane, 15-13. 15-8. Second round: R. Macefield beat M Berkley. 15-2, 15-3; B Wylie beat Harneiss, 15-10. 15-5; D. Retd beat Crofts, 15-4. 15-4; J. Read beat M Ford. 15-7, 15-4 Women's Singles.—Semi-final: J. Davidson beat R. White. 11-1, 11-12, 11-3.

Men’s Doubles—First round: L. Mangos and M. Ford best K. Drew and Ho Koh Yen. 14-18. 15-12. 17-14. Second round: D Retd and R Macefield beat B Crofts and T. Harniess. 15-11. 15-2; R. Pattinson and R. Roberts beat J. Read and R. Hall. 15-9. 15-9: Mangos and Ford beat P. Boat wood and S. Clarke. 8-15. 15-4, 15-12: B. Wylie and D. Forbes beat J. McShane and A. Lang. 15-7. 15-4. Semi-finals: R. Macefield and D. Reid beat M. Ford and L. Mangos. 15-7. 15-10.

Women's Doubles. First round: N. Baty end B. Reaston beat M. Clarke and P. Boatwood. 15-2, 15-4: M. Jeffries and M. Miller beat D. Creasey and J. Louw. 13-15, 15-8. 15-4. Semifinals: R. White and K. Williams beat Baty and Houston. 15-2. 15-4; J. Davidson ano M. Brown beat Jeffries and Miller, 13-8. 15-11. 15-8 Mixed Doubles—First round: D. Reid and N. Baty beat J. McShane and R. White. 15-4, 15-7; R. Macefield and Mbs E Reaston beat L. Mangos and Mrs J. Louw. 15-3. 15-5. Novice Grade Men’s Singles.—Second round: R. Miller beat M. Milne. 21-2; P. Molloy beat D. Guild. 21-10; B. Saunders beat R. Ragg. 11-2; A. Karst beat R. Forbes by default; J. Dando beat R. Dobson. 2-4; A. Clucas beat A. Saunders. 21-18' R. Retd beat J. Watson. 21-17; R. Hampton beat M. Courtney 21-2. Third round: Molloy beat Miller, 21-11; Karst beat Clucas. 21-9; Dando beat Clucas. 21-3; Hampton beat Reid. 21-11,

Women's Singles. Third round; C. Mullally beat S. Dench. 15-7: G. Stephens beat C. Osborne. 15-4; P. Neville beat L. McClurg. 15-9; M. McGifford beat G. Andrews. 15-10. Semifinals: Stephens beat Mullally, 15-3; McGifford beat Neville. 15-4.

Men's Doubles,—First round: R. Brown and M. Courtney beat N. Owens and H. Saunders. 21-6: R. Weatherhead and R Dobson beat R. Forbes and D. Guild. 21-13. Second round: J. Dando and Carbines beat A. Karst and A. Clucas, 21-8; R Ragg and C. Smith beat B. Howard and W. Ewart. 21-15; R, Miller and R. Hampton beat M. Milne and McDonald, 21-4.

Women’s Doubles. First round: I. McClurg and C. Osborne beat G. Andrews and J. Rlckerby. 21-17; M. McGifford and P. Clark beat J. Goddard and C. Mullally. 21-10 Semifinals: J. Coombes and P. Brown beat M. Wayman and W. Lyson. 21-13: McGifford and I. Clark beat McClurg and Osborne. 21-8. Mixed Doubles.—First round: R. Wcatherhead and J. Clarke beat P. Molloy and M. Wayman. 21-15. Second round: R. Hampton and C. Osborne beat R. Miller and J. Coombes, 21-18: R. Dobson and M. McGifford beat B. Howard and J. Austin by default.