North Beach edges ahead in badminton

Press, 12 June 1978, Page 19

North Beach edges ahead in badminton

The defending champion. North Beach 1, edged to a onepoint lead over its onlj serious rival. Railway, when the second round of the A grade badminton competition began on Saturday. It took North Beach hardly any time at all to beat Canterbury 11. 8-0. The only point of interest was that Canterbury’s Colin Goh and Don le Page surprised b\ taking a game ofi Peter Whiting and David Ross in the doubles. Railway was without its top woman, Glenys Waller, who was resting with a back injury. Pat Marshall, an A reserve, took her place and her singles was Railwav’s only loss to Hagley I. Later Mrs Marshall and Pat Duckmanton were in dangei of dropping another match when their doubles against Karen Burn and Jennie Hood went to three games. But helped by their opponents’ errors, the Railwav pair won the third game decisively. In one of the other two ties of the round. Paul Boatwood gave I laglev II a good start against Knox when he scored an

upset win over Warren Edge-; cumbe in the top men’s singles. The singles were shared, two each, and it was only two threegame doubles wins that carried Knox to a 5-3 win. In both the top men’s and the second mixed. Hagley II seemed to have battled its way to a winning position before falling behind. Although' a member of the beaten team. Ross Campbell played impres- : sively. Knox could possibly attribute its success to its calmness under pressure. Hagley had the added pressure of knowing that if it could win just one of the two closely fought doubles it would probably have won the tie on a count-back. University, which did not register its first win until its last tie of the first round showed that it had a taste for success by having an unexpectedly easy 6-2 win over North Beach 11. The die was cast when Chon Chong and Grant Girdler won the first two singles for University Taking heart from this the students attacked forcefully and to good effect in the doubles.

| Points: North Beach J 110, Railway; 109, Knox 83, North Beach II 67, Hagley II 53. Hagley I 50, Uni-; versity 41, Canterbury 1 26, Canterbury II 18. Results: Railway 7, Hagley I 1 Singles: G. Miller beat B. 'Williams. 15-7, 15-5: L. Robinson! beat C. Wasley, 15-10. 15-13; P. Duckmanton beat K. Burn, 11-8, 12-10; P. Marshall lost to J. Hood, 4- 4-11. Doubles: Miller and Robinson beat Williams and Wasley, 15-6, 15-12; Duckmanton and Marshall beat Burn and Hood. 15-12, 11-15. 15-9; Miller and Marshall beat Williams and Hood, 15-8, 15-7; Robinson and Duckmanton beat Wasley and Burn, 15-6, 15-12. ! Knox 5, Hagley II 3 Singles: W. Edgecumbe lost to P Boatwood, 10-15, 17-18; E. Kirkland lost to R. Campbell.; 5- 7-15; J. Miles beat R. Kerr.' 11-3. 12-10; G. Brookes beat C.) Austin. 11-6, 11-8. Doubles: Edgecumbe and Kirk-, land beat Campbell and Boatwood, 15-18, 15-12, 15-7; Miles; and Brookes beat Kerr and Austin 15-13. 15-8: Edgecumbe and Miles lost to Campbell and i Kerr, 6-15, 8-15; Kirkland and : Brookes beat Boatwood and Austin. 10-15, 15-12, 15-12,. North Beach I 8, Canterbury II 0 Singles: P. Whiting beat C. [ Goh, 15-3, 15-6: D. Ross beat D. •Le Page, 15-10, 15-8. A. Ross; beat B. Davey, 11-2, 11-2; S. Chapman beat I. Smith, 11-0. I 11-5. Doubles: Whiting and Ross beat Goh and Le Page, 15-1, 4-15. I 15-5; Ross and Chapman beat! | Davey and Smith. 15-0. 15-2; j Whiting and Ross beat Goh and Smith, 15-0, 15-8: Ross and Chap-; man beat Le Page and Davev,| I 15-1, 15-6. University 6, North Beach II 2 Singles: C. Chong beat M.| Nolan, 15-4. 17-14; G. Girdler beat G. McWilliams, 7-15, 15-9. 15-10; E. Chan lost to R. Erskine,' 4-11. 4-11; L. Kitchingham beat! K. Payne, 11-3, 11-4. Doubles: Chong and Girdler' beat Nolan and McWilliams. 15-9, 15-4; Chan and Kitchingham beat Erskine and Payne, 15-0. 17-16; Girdler and Kitchingham j lost to Nolan and Erskine. 15-7, 7-15. 5-15; Chong and Chan beat: McWilliams and Payne. 15-4. _