Whangarei Beats Combined Team

Northern Advocate, 18 July 1949, Page 7

Whangarei Beats Combined Team

Badminton

By 22 games to 16, Whangarei beat a combined team from the Opua and Puketona clubs in a badminton match played at Whangarei on Saturday night. Fifty-six players took part. A pleasing feature, as tar as the local club was .concerned, was the manner in which a number of firstyear players acquitted themselves in their first match. They performed well indeed against more experienced opponents. G. Rattray, a first-year player, who did so' well against an Auckland team in the previous week-end, played with D. Purser in the top men’s doubles against the Perrett brothers, of Opua. He again showed fine form and combined well with Purser for a 15 —10 win.

In the top ladies’ doubles, the Whangarei pair, Miss Griffin and Miss Gilbert; went down 14—15 _to Mrs Nerheny and Miss Morris. It. was perhaps a disappointing game. with'.the Whangarei combination losing many opportunities. REMARKABLE PROGRESS In the second ladies’ doubles, Mesdames Elliot and Nesbit scored a meritorious win for Whangarei. Mrs Elliot is a first-year player who has made remarkable progress. She went well with a much-improved Mrs Nesbit to win 15—8. Purser and Miss Griffin won the top combines for Whangarei, 15—10, against C. Perrett and Mrs Nerheny. They took some time to settle down and, in the initial stages, were trailing. After drawing up to 8-all, the Whangarei pair went ahead strongly to win fairly easily; Results, with Whangarei names mentioned first: Men’s doubles: Purser and Rattray beat C. and H. Perrett 15—10; Thomson and Munn beat J. Halliday and R. Gilliand 15—7; Jenkin and Speedy beat Rigden and Utting 15—1; Dyer and Askew lost to Armstrong and Lawrence 11—15; Green and Minhinnick beat Bowdler and T. Perrett 15—13; McKay and Boucher beat Morris and Caldwell 15—14; Hunter and Gell lost to R. Halliday and C. GUlland 5—15; Shaw and Cooke lost to Lumpp and Atkinson 7—15. Ladies’ doubles:- Miss Griffin and Miss Gilbert lost to Mrs Nerheny and Miss Mo» ris 14—15; Mrs Elliot and Mrs Nesbit beat Mis Burgess and Mrs Caldwell 15—8; Mrs McKay and Mrs Calkin beat Miss Englund and Miss Cheat 15—3; Miss Baker and Mrs Shaw lost to Miss Nicholas and .Miss Burgess 7—15; Mrs Dyer and Miss Hanlon lost to Mrs Atkinson and Mrs Armstrong 9—15; Mrs Johns and Mrs Cooke lost to Mrs Morris and Miss Lane 6—15. Combined doubles: Purser and Miss Griffin beat C. Perrett and Mrs Nerheny 15—10; Thomson and Miss Gilbert beat Rigden and Miss Morris 15—3; Munn and Mrs Elliot lost to J. Halliday and Miss Choat 8—15; Rattray and Mrs Nesbit beat C. Perrett and Mrs Burgess 15—2; Jenkin and Miss Baker beat C. Lawrence and Mrs Armstrong 15—4; Askew and Mrs Calkin lost to Utting and Mrs Caldwell 9 15; Hunter and Mrs Shaw lost to Bowdler and Miss Burgess 1—15; Green and Mrs McKay lost to J. Armstrong and Miss Englund 5—15; Minhinnick and Miss Hanlon lost to Caldwell and Miss Morris 10— McKay and Mrs Johns lost to Moms and Miss Nicholas 10—15; Gell and Mrs Cooke lost to R. Gilliand and Mrs Atkinson 8 —15; Dyer and Mrs Dyer beat T. Perrett and Miss Lane 15—1. Men’s singles: Speedy beat C. Perrett 15—6; Thomson beat J. Halliday* 15—9; Purser beat G. Rigden 15—11; Munn.beatH. Perrett 15—7; Jenkin beat C. Lawrence 15—1; Rattray beat Utting 15—4. ’ Ladies’ singles: Miss Griffin beat Mrs Nerheny 15—7: Miss Gilbert beat Miss Morris 15—1; Mrs Elliot beat Mrs Burgess t 15—12, Miss Baker lost to Miss Englund 7—15; Mrs Nesbit beat Miss Burgess 15—11: Mrs Calkin lost to Mrs Caldwell 9—15.