Two sides unbeaten in badminton

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32620, 31 May 1971, Page 9

Two sides unbeaten in badminton

Mairehau I, the present champion, and Lincoln Cellego remain unbeaten after the fourth round of the Canterbury A grade Inter-club badminton championship was completed at the Skollerup Hall on Saturday. Mairehau I had an 8-0 win over RaUway the team which forced it into the runner-up position in several championships preceding last season. Lincoln College too did not receive the strong opposition it mltht have expected from Canterbury, beating that team 7-1. Mairehau I and Lincoln College will not meet untU the seventh

and last round on Saturday, July 24, so that a virtual grand final’’ appears Imminent. Other teams to win were North Beach and Knox, which beat Mairehau II and University respectively. Undoubtedly the most outstanding encounter on Saturday, amongst matches which were generaUy clear-cut throughout the day, was that fought out In the top men’s singles between G. Ellis (Canterbury) and D. Yoong (Lincoln). After a total of three games, which lasted for more than an hour, Yoong won, 14-17 15-3, 17-14, and reinforced his position as No. 2 in the representative division I team, ahead of EUs, who Is the NO. The match was highlighted by some long, hard rallies, with Yoong regularly halting Ellis with some clever cross-court drop shots.. Ellis led the first game 14-10, allowed Yoong to draw level and then took the next three points in setting to win. Yoong won the second game easily as Elis "rested” for the vital third

game. Yoong reversed the result of the first game when he led 14-10, allowed lus opponent to level the scores and then won the necessary points. J. Lang gained Canterbury’s only win when he beat Hamid Nassir, 15-4, 7-15, 15-6. Canterbury was weakened by the absence of Its top woman player, Miss B. Hall, and had to use Mrs A. K. Smith In the top position and an A reserve player, Mrs S. Fox, in the second position. While Mrs Smith would have provided Mrs K. Lean, Lincoln College's second woman, with steady opposition, she was no match for the provincial champion, Miss J. Miles. While Mairehau I was not troubled to beat Its former great rival, Railway, the experienced Mrs M. Miller almost caused an upset against the provincial championship runner-up last season, Miss F. Inglis. Mrs Miller led Miss Inglis, 10-6, In the first game, and also made a good start in the second game. However, she was unable to gain the remaining points and lost the match 12-10, 12-9. The experience of J. Findlay and Mrs Miller also proved a stiff hurdle for P. V. Boatwood and Miss Inglis to overcome In the mixed doubles, the Railway pair taking the first game but conceding the later two. The Canterbury junior champion 14-year-old, Miss A. Roas (North Beach) completed one of her finest wins to date when she outclassed the provincial division I representative, Miss G. Hampton (Mairehau ID. After a slow beginning, Miss Ross improved her tootwork and the length of her clearing shots to beat Miss Hampton, 115, 11-6. North Beach’s other woman player, Mrs L. Bassett, had an unexpectedly easy win over Mrs S. Stead. The steadily improving Knox team had a comfortable 7-1 win over University. The students

Srovlded the strongest opposition i the women's singles matches, where Mesdames R. Moran and J. Ling both took games off Misses S. Field and G. Mathers.

Knox 1, University 1 W. Edgecumbe beat S. C. Ong, 17-14, 154; B. G. Hadlee beat K Thome, 184, 15-2; Edgecumbe and Hadlee beat Ong and Thome, 15-8. 18-7. Miss S. Field beat Mrs R. Moran, 114, 5-11, 12-10; Miss G. Mathers beat Mrs 1. Ling, 6-11 11-5, 11-4; Field and Mathers beat Moran and Ling. 18-6. 15-6. Edgecumbe ana Field beat Ong and Moran, 15-3,15-8; Hadlee and Mathen lost to Thome and Ling, 14- 6-15. North Beach 7, Mairehau II 1 P. Whiting beat C. Wood, 15-9, 15- P. Curtain beat Pat Leng Kon, 15-11, 15-2; Whiting and Curtain beat Wood and Pat Leng Kon, 18-17, 15-9. Miss A. Ross beat Miss G. Hampton, 114, 114; Mrs L. Bassett beat Mn S. Stead, 11-1, 11-4; Ross and Bassett lost to Hampton and Stead, 4-15, 1-15. Curtain and Bassett beat Wood and Hampton, 154, 15-4; Whiting and Ross beat Pat Leng Kon and Stead, 154, 15-8. Mairehau I *, Railway 0 P. V. Boatwood beat J. Findlay, 154, IM; E. Ogier beat D. Stafford, 154. 15-3; Boatwood and Findlay and Stafford, Rflss F. Inglis best Mrs M. Miller, 12-10, 12-9; Miss S, Dench beat Mrs S. Dean, 11-1, 114: Inglis and Dench beat Miller and Dean, 154. 154. Boatwood and Inglis beat Findlay and Miller, 11-15, 15-11 15-7: Ogier and Dench beat Stafford and Dean, 18-14, 154. Lincoln College 7, Canterbury 1 D. Yoong beat G. Elis, 14-17, 154, 17-14; Hamid Nassir lost to J. Lang, 4-15, 15-7, 6-15; Yoong and Nassir beat EUs and Lang, 6-15, 15-10, 15-3. Miss J. Mlles beat Mrs A. K. Smith. 114, 114; Mrs K. Lean beat Mrs S. Fox, 11-3, 11-0; Miles and Lean beat Smith and Fox, 15-4, 15-4. Yoong and Miles beat EUs and Fox 15-7, 15-5: Nassir and Lean beat Lang and Smith, 15-12, 6-15, 15-6. Points Table

Lower grade badminton Results of lower grade badminton matches were:— ' A reserve grade (round 3). University I 5, Selwyn H 3; Bryndwr Y.M.C.A. 5, Canterbury 3: Railways I 7, Knox 1: University U 171 points, Christchurch 156 points: Railways II 210 points. Ashgrove 204 points; Selwyn end North Beach had byes. B grade (round 3).—Bryndwr Y.M.C.A. I 10, South Brighton 6; Canterbury 14, Linwood 2; Bryndwr Y.M.C.A. II 16, Hei Hei 0; Hagley 13, Ashgrove 3; Mairehau 10, North Beach 6; Central 9, Mount Pleasant 7; University a bye. D grade (section I, round 3). Ashgrove 14, Mount Pleasant 2; Hagley 9, Knox 7; Mairehau 199 points, Christchurch 175 points; Bryndwr Y.M.C.A. 10, Aranul 6. D grade (section 11, round 2). I Kalapoi 12, Papanul Methodist 4; Heathcote 12, Army 4; Canterbury I 13, Bryndwr 3; Canterbury n 170 points. Ashgrove 169 Soints; Army 14/ Christchurch 2; Isgley 9, Rsnglora 7; South Brighton 14, RaUway 2; Mairehau 193 points, Aranul 171 points; North Beach 12, Teachers’ College 4. F grade (round 3).—Canterbury 14, Hei Hei 2; South Brighton I 9, Selwya 7; Hagley 13, Christchurch 4; South Brighton n 10, North Beach 6; Bryndwr Y.M.C.A. I 11, New Brighton 5; Linwood 10, Bryndwr Y.M.C.A. II 6; Deaf Club a bye. Division 111 team The Canterbury division DI badminton team to play South Canterbury at the Skellerup Hall, Christchurch, next Satur> day, is:— B. Wylie, D. B.'Reid, T. Siintes and Pat Leng Kon, Mesdames A. K. Smith, K. Lean, and R. Moran and Miss T. MltchelL

P W L F A Pts Mairehau I < 4 31 1 8 Lincoln Col. 4 29 3 8 North Beach 3 24 8 6 Knox ■ 2 16 16 4 Canterbury 2 14 18 4 Railway 1 5 27 2 Mairehau II 0 6 26 0 University 0 5 27 0