Badminton at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

The badminton competition at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games took place in Kingston, Jamaica from 4 to 9 August 1966. It was the inaugural appearance for badminton at the games.[1]

Badminton
at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
VenueKingston
Dates04–09 August 1966
1970 →

Medal winners

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singlesTan Aik Huang Yew Cheng Hoe Dinesh Khanna
Men's doublesTan Aik Huang & Yew Cheng Hoe Ng Boon Bee & Tan Yee Khan David Horton & Roger Mills
Women's singlesAngela Bairstow Sharon Whittaker Ursula Smith
Women's doublesJenny Horton & Ursula Smith Angela Bairstow & Iris Rogers Rosalind Singha Ang & Teoh Siew Yong
Mixed doublesRoger Mills & Angela Bairstow Tony Jordan & Jenny Horton Bob McCoig & Muriel Ferguson

Final results

CategoryWinnersRunners-upScore
Men's singles Tan Aik Huang Yew Cheng Hoe15–8, 15–8
Women's singles Angela Bairstow Sharon Whittaker11–5, 11–3
Men's doubles Tan Aik Huang & Yew Cheng Hoe Ng Boon Bee & Tan Yee Khan15–14, 15–5
Women's doubles Jenny Horton & Ursula Smith Angela Bairstow & Iris Rogers15–7, 15–7
Mixed doubles Roger Mills & Angela Bairstow Tony Jordan & Jenny Horton7-15, 15–8, 15–12

Results

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Men's singles

Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
1 Tan Aik Huang1515
16 Nandu Natekar510 Huang1515
8 Wayne Macdonnell1515 Macdonnell106
9 Yeo Ah Seng912 Huang1515
5 Bob McCoig1515 McCoig107
12 George Robotham49 McCoig1515
4 Tan Yee Khan1515 Khan713
13 Colin Beacom74 Huang1515
6 Yew Cheng Hoe1515 Hoe88
11 Yves Paré108 Hoe1515
3 Suresh Goel1515 Goel610
14 Howard Jennings32 Hoe1515Bronze medal match
7 Dinesh Khanna1515 Khanna612
10 Edward Paterson104 Khanna1515 McCoig87
2 Roger Mills1515 Mills311 Khanna1515
15 Peter Seaman61

Women's singles

Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
1 Angela Bairstow1111
16 Sheila Phillips00 Bairstow1111
8 Patricia Espley31112 Epsley62
9 Alison Glenie11810 Bairstow1111
5 Ursula Smith1111 Smith73
12 Muriel Ferguson17 Smith1111
4 Alison Daysmith41112 Daysmith15
13 Rosalind Singha Ang1179 Bairstow1111
6 Sharon Whittaker1111 Whittaker53
11 Iris Rogers62 Whittaker1515
3 Christine Bennett Bennett03
14  Whittaker41111Third place
7 Jenny Horton1112 Horton1147
10 Judy Humber510 Horton1111 Smith1111
2 Teoh Siew Yong1111 Siew Yong55 Horton81
15 Joy Nancy Twining44

Men's doubles

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
               
  Ng Boon Bee
Tan Yee Khan
1515
  Howard Jennings
Peter Seaman
1011
Boon Bee
Yee Khan
1515
Mills
Horton
119
  Roger Mills
David Horton
151615
  Omar Ibrahim
Ah Seng Yeo
5175
Boon Bee
Yee Khan
85
Huang
Hoe
1515
  Tan Aik Huang
Yew Cheng Hoe
1515
  Donald Higgins
Richard Purser
77
Huang
Hoe
1515Third place
Jordan
Beacom
211
  Tony Jordan
Colin Beacom
15115 Mills
Horton
151218
  MacDonald Henderson
Bob McCoig
101511 Jordan
Beacom
91517

Women's doubles

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
               
  Jenny Horton
Ursula Smith
1515
  Pauline Lamon
Christine Bennett
00
Horton
Smith
1815
Siew Yong
Ang
136
  Teoh Siew Yong
Rosalind Singha Ang
1515
  Catherine Dunglison
Muriel Ferguson
121
Horton
Smith
1515
Bairstow
Rogers
77
  Angela Bairstow
Iris Rogers
1515
  Kay Marie Nesbit
Jay Nancy Twining
713
Bairstow
Rogers
1515Third place
Glenie
Simpson
210
  Alison Glenie
Gaynor Simpson
1715 Siew Yong
Ang
1515
  Alison Daysmith
Judy Humber
1610 Glenie
Simpson
119

Mixed doubles

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
               
  Roger Mills
Angela Bairstow
  Tan Yee Khan
Rosalind Singha Ang
Mills
Bairstow
1515
Paterson
Whittaker
108
  Rolf Paterson
Sharon Whittaker
1515
  MacDonald Henderson
Catherine Dunglison
119
Mills
Bairstow
71515
Jordan
Horton
15812
  Tony Jordan
Jenny Horton
  Ng Boon Bee
Teoh Siew Yong
Jordan
Horton
1515Third place
McCoig
Ferguson
86
  Bob McCoig
Muriel Ferguson
McCoig
Ferguson
1515
  Edward Paterson
Alison Daysmith
Paterson
Whittaker
74

References