Three Clubs Tie in Badminton

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31135, 11 August 1966, Page 8

Three Clubs Tie in Badminton

A round-robin play-off betwoen Knox A, Christchurch and Railway A will dacida the winner of the A grade Inter-dub badminton this season.

The Christchurch-Knox A game tn the Anal round was keenly contested and at the three-quarter stage each team had won three matches. Then Christchurch applied the pressure through Its experienced mixed doubles combinations and Knox A lost the last two matches, and the game. E. Ogier and Miss S. Field raised Knox's hopes when they led B. E. Wylie and Mrs M. Wylie 14-4 in the first set. But the Christchurch pair stormed to victory by winning 26 of the succeeding 31 points. The key match was the men's singles between B. W. Crofts (Knox A) and D. B. Reid, the Christchurch left-hander. The two craftsmen fought a succession of technically superb duels at close range, but fteid'a ability to switch the shuttle deftly from one side of the court to the other was the deciding factor. In the other games Army beat Knox B 5-3. and Railway B gained a' 7-1 win against Seiwyn. The new Canterbury women's singles champion, Miss B. Gormack. was the only winner for Seiwyn. Results:— Christchurch 5, Knox A 1 D. B. Reid beat B. W. Crofts. 15-11. 15-8; B. E. Wylie lost to E. Ogier. 8-15. 8-15; Reid and Wylie beat Crofts and Ogier, 15-10. 15-1. Mrs M. Wylie lost to Miss S. Field. 4-11, 3-11: M'ss N. Baty beat Mess E. Stevenson, 11-1. 11-12; Mrs Wylie and Musa £aty

lost to Messes Field and Stevenson, 3-15, 14-17. Reid and Mi's» Baty beat Crofts and Mis's Stevenson, 15-3, 16-17. 15-1: Wylie and Mrs Wylie beat Ogier and Miso Field, 17-15, 15-2. Army 5, Knox ■ 3 W. Edgecombe beat B. G. Hadlee, 15-4, 15-1; R. Serra beat R. Quinn. 15-2, 15-7; Edgecumbe and Serra beat Hadlee and Quinn, 15-4, 15-7 Miss O. Williams lost to Mias L. Woods. 6-11, 5-11; Mrs N. Forbes lost to Miss C. Swett. 0-11, 5-11; Mitsts Wiliams and Mrs Forbes lost to Miiases Wood and Swift. 8-15, 5-15. Edgecumbe and Mrs Forbes beat Hadtee and Miss Swift, 15-6, 15-5: Serra and Mess WXrCamc beat Quinn and Miss Wood 15-6, 18-17. Railway ■ 7, Seiwyn 1 K. Hawkins beat R. Ha'.il, 15-7. 17-14: G. MiUer beat H W'iijtiams. 8-15. 15-11, 15-6: Hawkins and Moyer beat Hall and WWCtams. 15-7, 15-5. Mse R. Waites lost to Miss B. Gormack, 7-11, 2-11; Mess E. Chandler beat Mrs M. Hodgkinson, 11-4. 11-8; Misses Waitei and Chandler beat Miles Cormack and Mrs Hodgkinson. 8-15. 15-12, 18-16. MiCller and Mlc Waftee beat Ha'4 and M*>s Cormack 1015 15-3. 15-9: Hawkins and Miss Cband’er beat Williams and Mrs Hodgkinson. 18-17, 13-18, 15-10.

Ra'Sway A .. Knox A .... W. L. 50 4ft 14 1ft Pt*. 7 7 7 7 1 1 Chch. 7 1 43 21 7 Ra r.way B .. 4 4 34 30 4 Avon<de .. 4 4 33 31 4 Selwyn 4 4 2ft 38 4 Army .... 2 ft 21 43 2 Knox B .... 1 7 12 52 1 Unhv — S 19 45