Doubles Was Best Of Badminton

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30769, 5 June 1965, Page 7

Doubles Was Best Of Badminton

Avonside, Railway 11, Christchurch I and Knox were the winning teams in the fourth round of the Canterbury A grade badminton inter - club matches. Easily the most exciting match of the round was the men’s doubles between D. Reid and T. Bradbury and B. Wylie and R. Blunt, won by Wylie and Blunt, 15-13, in the third set. This was a match of changing fortunes, with Wylie’s and Blunt’s better smashing around the net prevailing in the closing stages. One of the closest matches was the women's singles be : tween Miss N. Baty and Mrs M. Wylie. Miss Baty raced away to a lead of 10-6 in the first set and looked to be in complete control, but then made the mistake of changing to a clearing game, upon which Mrs Wylie thrives. Mrs Wylie finally ran out the winner after some exciting rallies, 12-11, 12-11. Miss R. Waites, the province’s most promising girl, made her debut for the season after being out because of an injured leg, but found Miss B. Gormack in good form and went down, 5-11, 2-11. B. Crofts, a Division I representative this season, was hard pressed by R. Miller, who played his best match for some seasons. Miller took the first comfortably, 15-9, was unlucky to lose the second, 11-15, and for a time, when he led 8-5 in the third, looked as

though he was going to beat his more experienced opponent. But Crofts’s better court craft finally gave him victory. Results:— Christchurch I 6, Christchurch II 2 D. B. Reid beat B. Wylie. 15-8, 15-14; T. Bradburv beat R. Blunt, 18-16, 15-8; Miss N. Baty lost to Mrs M. Wylie, 11-12, 11- Miss E. Reaston beat Mrs C. Newton, 11-2, 11-7. Reid and Bradbury lost to Wylie and Blunt, 15-8, 7-15, ISIS; Miss Baty and Miss Reaston beat Mrs Wylie and Mrs Newton, 15-3. 18-14; Reid and Miss Baty beat Wylie and Mrs Wylie, 18-16, 7-15, 15-12: Bradbury and Miss Reason beat Blunt and Mrs Newton, 15-5, 15-9. Railway I 2, Knox I 6 R. Miller lost to B. Crofts, 9-15, 15-11, 8-15: K. Hawkins beat E. Ogier, 7-15, 15-9, 15-5; Mrs Miller lost to Miss S. Field. 1-11, 4-11; Mrs P. Duckmanton beat Mrs P. Davidson, 11-5, 12-9. Miller and Hawkins lost to Ogier and Crofts, 8-15, 15-7, 1215: Mrs Miller and Mrs Duckmanton lost to Miss Field and Mrs Davidson, 15-18. 15-8, 12-15: Miller and Mrs Duckmanton lost to Crofts and Mrs Davidson, 12- 7-15; Hawkins and Mrs Miller lost to Ogier and Miss Field, 3-15, 15-9, 14-18. Railway II 162 points, Selwyn 153 M. Ford beat R. Burrell, 15-1, 15-0; R. Kirton lost to J. McShane, 0-15, 13-15; Miss R. Waites lost to Miss B. Gormack, 5-11, 2-11; Miss E. Chandler lost to Mrs A. Ryan, 1-11, 7-11. Ford and Kirton beat McShane and Burrell. 15-2, 18-13; Miss Waites and Miss Chandler lost to Miss Gormack and Mrs Ryan, 4-15, 7-15: Ford and Miss Waites beat McShane and Miss Gormack, 15-9, 15-12; Kirton and Miss Chandler beat Burrell and Mrs Ryan. 15-6, 15-6.

Avonside 7, Knox II 1 P. V. Boatwood beat B. Had lee. 15-3, 15-0; A. Karst beat R. Quinn, 15-10, 15-11; Mrs M. Brown beat Miss E. Stevenson, 11-2, 11-6: Mrs P. Boatwood beat Miss L. Wood, 5-11, 11-2, 11-6. Boatwood and Karst beat Hadlee and Quinn, 10-15, 15-11, 15-7: Mrs Brown and Mrs Boatwood beat Miss Stevenson and Miss Wood, 15-10, 15-12; Boatwood and Mrs Brown beat Hadlee and Miss Wood, 15-11, 15-10; Karst and Mrs Boatwood lost to Quinn and Miss Stevenson, 1512, 6-15, 6-15.