Boatwood, Miss Davidson Top Badminton Seeds

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30145, 31 May 1963, Page 13

Boatwood, Miss Davidson Top Badminton Seeds

The Canterbury Badminton Associations annual Queens Birthday week-end singles

tournament to be held at the Skellerup Hal) on Saturday ine Sunday has drawn a slrotw field at 24 men and 10 women Included are entries from the West Coast and Ashburton. A new titleholder will be found In both the mens anc women's events, as last years winners are not entered D Henderson ha* gone overseas and Mis* K William* has withdrawn because of injury The men’s singles has been divided into two sections The 14 top players are in A section. and the remaining 10 in * section . Ford 4. women: Ml*4 3. Davidson 1. Mrs M Miner 2 Min

B Gormack 3, Mis* M. Wilson 4 Boatwood is the Canterbury singles titleholder, and was runner-up to Henderson in the last Queen's Birthday tournament. Duckmanton has not been available lor representa'ive team* for th* last four seasons, and although he does not play regularly is still a very formidable player. In the top half of the draw Boatwood and Reid will meet strong opposition from B Crofts and B. Cgier. Duckmanton and Ford will also have hard matches with Yen and Wy’ie in the bottom draw Miss Davidson, if she continue* her present term, should have little difficulty in justifying her first seeding. Mr* M Miller. a divfeton Im repre•tetodve, and Mia* B. Qormrek * former SeutMsnd representative. ar* drawn to meet tn the aeml-finala.