BADMINTON

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 71, 21 September 1933, Page 5

BADMINTON

TOURNAMENT OPENS

YESTERDAY'S GAMES

Play began yesterday in the seventh annual New Zealand badminton championship and handicap tournament. Leading players from Wellington and other parts of the Dominion are taking part, and the tournament, which is being held in the Town Hall, promises to be a great success. Badminton has made tremendous progress during the last year or two, its adherents increasing by hundreds each year.

The tournament was officially opened last night V the Mayor (Mr. T. C. A. Hislop), who was introduced to the players and spectators by Mr. P. B. Cooke, president of the Wellington Association.

Mr. Hislop mentioned that the following New Zealand champions were competing this year:—Mr. G. Martin (men s singles), Miss J. Ramsay (ladies' singles), Messrs. A. F. Weir and M. T. Wilson (men's doubles), and Miss I. Ellett, holder of the combined doubles with Mr. J. Southon. In addition a number of North Island champions were competing. The management was pleased to welcome Mr. E. W. Griffiths, president of the New Zealand Badminton Federation, and especially pleased fo see him competing. The federation, said Mr.- Hislop, was glad to announce that a handsome cup had been donated by Wisden's for interprovincial matches, the first of which, between Auckland and Wellington, would be played during the tournament. In conclusion, Mr. Hislop welcomed the competitors, and expressed the hope that they would have keen and hard-fought games. Play yesterday was tonfined principally to the preliminary rounds of the championship events, and some excellent games were seen. « The championships will be advanced a stage further tonight. The semi-finals will be played tomorrow, commencing at 5 p.m., and the finals will be run off on Saturday. The results are as follows: — A GRADE CHAMPIONSHIP. Men's Singles. First round.—G. Martin beat R. A. Whyte, 15-3, 15-5; N. It. C. Wilson boat W. S.. Harris, 15-2, 15-6: I Ellett beat L. K. Wilson, 15-8, 15-T; H. D. Reid beat I. P. Low, 15-0, 15-2: H. H.Fow beat C. M. Watt, 15-5, 15-2; M. F. Wilson beat C. A. Rousscll, 15-8, 15-18, 15-6. Second round.—R. Sneddon beat A., P. Weir, 15-6, 15-4; J. Vaunhan won by default from E. J. Rlshworth; N. R., C. Wilson beat J. R. McCrystal, 15-6, 15-4; Ellett beat E. W. Griffiths, 15-7, 15-12; Reid \beat Goulding, 15-7, 15-6. Ladiea' Singles. -First round.—Miss A. Ellett beat Mrs; A. E. Sandral, 11-4, 11-3; Miss D. King beat Mrs. H. Fow, 11-2, 9-14, 11-2; Miss J. R. Ramsay beat Mrs. I. Whatley, 11-1, 11-2. Men's Doubles. First round.—A. F. Weir and M. T. Wilaon beat H. N. Burns and M. Glfford-Moore, 15-8, 15-7; J. Bundle and N. A. Foden beat E, N. Handley and E. A. Rouasell, 15-9, 6-15, 15-8; A. E. Sandral and N. R. C. Wilson beat H. H. Fow and J. R. McCrystal, 15-10, 15-12; G. Martin and E. J. Rlshworth beat L. K. Wilson and R. A. Whyte; 15-10, 15-13. Ladies' Doubles. First round.—Misses J. Ramsay and M. Wade beat Misses C. Phillips and J. Treloar, 15-5, 15-5; Mrs. D. France and Miss I)/' King beat Mrs! Sandral and Miss M. East, 17-15, 5-15, 15-9; Miss A. Ellett and Mrs. ' Wren beat Misses Bennett and V, Gray, 15-5, la-8. Mixed Doublet. First round.—Ellett and Miss Ellett beat Hull Brown and Miss Treloar, 15-3, 15-12; EvansScott and Mrs. Whatley beat Handley and Miss Fear, 15-5, 15-10. B GRADE CHAMPIONSHIPS. Men's Sinilei. First round. —J. M. Allison beat W. M. Clarry, 21-12; M. R. Goulding beat N. Dixon, 21-15; W. S. C. Harris beat R. E. Broberg, 21 r ll;. M. Fossey beat W. Jupp, 21-14.' Ladies' Singles. First round. —Miss D. Fear beat Miss D. Robinson, 15-10;. Miss P. Carr beat Miss M. Warsaw, 15-6. Men's Doubles. First round.—Bartleet and Dlxon beat Crombio and Gofton, 21-12. Ladiei' Doublei. First round.—All byes. Second round.—Mrs. Clark .and Miss Sutherland beat Misses Tucker and White, 15-8; Misses Chartres and Whitwell beat Misses Todd and Whyte. 18-16. Mixed Doublet. First Round.—L. K. Wilson and Miss Whyte beat W. Harris and Miss Evernden, 21-12; R. A. Whyte and Miss Todd beat D. J. Moglnle and Miss Hale, 21-12. C GRADE CHAMPIONSHIPS. 1 Man's Singles. First round.—V. Dixon beat G. I. Bewes,

21-4; E. V. Smith beat W. Hellberg, 21-19. J. Hines beat J. D. Gray, 21-7. 1 Ladiei' Singles. First round.—Miss J. H. Carr beat Miss J. Burnett, 13-9. HANDICAP EVENTS. Men's Singles. First round.—J. E. McCrystal (owe 15) beat A. G. Smith (rec. 14), 21-20. Ladies' Doubles. ' First round.—Misses Tucker and White (rec. 4) beat Miss Fear and Mrs. Fow (owe 5), 15-11.