Badminton cup final

Press, 7 June 1983, Page 3

Badminton cup final

PA Wellington The quiet man of New Zealand badminton, Chris Bullen, turned on a memorable display against Kerrin Harrison yesterday to help Auckland beat North Shore in the final of the Wisden Cup national inter-districts teams’ event.

Bullen, aged 29, who has riayed most of his career in he shadows of Richard and Bryan Purser, then his team-mate, Graeme Robson, beat Harrison, the national junior champion, 15-4, 15-7. North Shore’s women put up a game display. Most notable was the effort of the erratic, but brilliant, Linda Persson. She bounced back from a surprise defeat by Hutt Valley’s Margaret Lee earlier in the week to edge out the New Zealand number one, Toni Whittaker, 119, 11-8.

Results: Auckland beat North Shore 11-5.

Men’s singles: G. Robson b. P. Horne 15-9,15-5; C. Bullen b. K. Harrison 15-4, 15-7; S. Lobb b. R. Kelly 15-4, 15-4; G. Stone b. G. Lester 15-5, 15-4.

Women’s singles: T. Whittaker lost to L. Persson 9-11, 811; S. Henare lost to K. Blair 411, 4-11; M. Livingston b. J. Newton 11-4, 10-12, 11-7; H. Archer lost to R. MacFarlane 6-11, 11-8, 5-11. Men’s doubles: Robson and Bullen b. Horne and Kelly 1510, 15-4; Lobb and Livingstone b. Harrison and Lester 15-12, 15-12.

Women’s doubles: Whittaker and Livingston b. Persson and Blair 15-5, 15-7; Henare and T. Richards lost to Newton and MacFarlane 14-17, 10-15. Mixed: Robson and Whittaker lost to Horne and Blair 16-18, 11-15; Lobb and M. Livingston b. Kelly and Persson 15-4,15-5; Bullen and Henare b. Harrison and MacFarlane 15-8, 15-18, 15-5; R. Livingstone and Richards b. Lester and Newton 15-8. 15-1.