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1961 All England Badminton Championships ...
The 1961 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at Wembley, London, England, from 14 to 17 March 1961. In 1960 Judy Devlin married and returned to the championships as Judy Hashman, her sister Sue Devlin also married and became Sue Peard and decided to represent Ireland, the native country of her father and former men's champion Frank Devlin. Final results Results Men's singles Section 1 Section 2 Women's singles Section 1 Section 2 References {{All England All England Open Badminton Championships All England All England Open Badminton Championships in London All England Badminton Championships All England Badminton Championships All England Badminton Championships The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960 All England Badminton Championships ...
The 1960 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at Wembley, London, England, from 16–20 March 1960. The ladies champion Heather Ward moved to South Africa and did not defend her title. Final results Results Men's singles Section 1 Section 2 Women's singles Section 1 Section 2 + seeded player References {{All England All England Open Badminton Championships All England All England Open Badminton Championships in London All England Badminton Championships All England Badminton Championships All England Badminton Championships The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trevor Coates
Colin Trevor Coates (born 1940) is a former English badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ... international player and a former national champion. Biography Coates became the English National doubles champion after winning the inaugural English National Badminton Championships in 1964. Coates represented Derbyshire and played 19 times for England and was also twice Irish Open champion in 1959 and 1961. References English male badminton players 1940 births Living people {{England-badminton-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Downey
John McKenzie Downey (9 August 1921 – 12 May 2006) was an Australian sailor. He competed for Australia at two Olympic Games in the Star class in 1956 and 1960. Downey was born in Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia. References External links Jack Downeyat the Australian Olympic Committee Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Aus ... 1921 births 2006 deaths Australian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Australia Sailors at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Star Sailors at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Star Sportsmen from Victoria (state) Sailors (sport) from Melbourne People from Hawthorn, Victoria 20th-century Australian sportspeople {{Australia-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Havers
William F Havers (born 1936) is a former English badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ... international player and a former national champion. Biography Havers became the English National champion after winning the inaugural English National Badminton Championships in 1964. Havers played for Essex and England and was also the 1964 and 1968 men's doubles runner-up with his older brother John Havers and the following year the brothers won the 1965 National Championships doubles title. In 1965 he married Patricia Page the 1965 Scottish Open champion. References English male badminton players 1936 births Living people {{England-badminton-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M Vincent
M, or m, is the thirteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''em'' (pronounced ), plural ''ems''. History The letter M is derived from the Phoenician Mem, via the Greek Mu (Μ, μ). Semitic Mem is most likely derived from a " Proto-Sinaitic" (Bronze Age) adoption of the "water" ideogram in Egyptian writing. The Egyptian sign had the acrophonic value , from the Egyptian word for "water", ''nt''; the adoption as the Semitic letter for was presumably also on acrophonic grounds, from the Semitic word for "water", '' *mā(y)-''. Use in writing systems The letter represents the bilabial nasal consonant sound in the orthography of Latin as well as in that of many modern languages, and also in the International Phonetic Alphabet. In English, the Oxford English Dictionary (first edition) says that is sometimes a vowel, in words like ''sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertil Glans
Bertil is a first name of Germanic origin most commonly found among Swedish men. The oldest recorded use is from the year 1396, but the name did not come into widespread use until the 19th century. People called Bertil include: *Carl Bertil Agnestig (born 1924), Swedish music teacher and composer * Bertil Ahlin (1927–2008), Swedish bantamweight boxer * Bertil Albertsson (1921–2008), Swedish runner *Bertil Almgren (1918–2011), Swedish archaeologist *Bertil Almqvist (1902–1972), nicknamed Bertila and Trallgöken, Swedish author and illustrator *Bertil Anderberg (1913–1991), Swedish film actor *Bertil Andersson FAA FIC, third President of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) *Bertil Antonsson (1921–2006), Swedish heavyweight wrestler *Bertil Bäckvall (1923–2012), Swedish footballer and football manager * Bertil W. Benson (1843–1907), Norwegian-born American politician *Bertil Berg (1910–1989), Swedish water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics *Ber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poul Erik Nielsen
Poul Erik Nielsen (born 5 June 1942) is a Danish rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is .... He competed in the men's coxed four event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. References 1942 births Living people Danish male rowers Olympic rowers for Denmark Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Odense Rowers from the Region of Southern Denmark {{Denmark-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charoen Wattanasin
Charoen Wattanasin () (born 1937) is a former badminton player from Thailand who won international championships in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Career Between 1958 and 1962 Wattanasin captured the open men's singles titles of Malaya, Ireland, Scotland, Norway, and France. He also shared the open men's doubles titles of Malaya, Scotland, the Netherlands, and the USA. Wattanasin was a men's singles runner-up to Denmark's formidable Erland Kops at the All-England Championships in 1960 and 1962. He represented Thailand in the Thomas Cup (men's international team) campaigns of 1957-1958 and 1963-1964. Corruption scandal In 2000 he was inducted into the World Badminton Hall of Fame. However, there were scandals and corruption issues when he was the president of the Badminton Association of Thailand between 2009 and 2013. In 2010, 16 players and coaches quit Badminton Association of Thailand as they did not receive supporting fee from the association, while Charoen claimed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knud Aage Nielsen
Knud Aage Nielsen (born 1937) is a retired male badminton player from Denmark. Career With a singles game that featured consistency and excellent mobility, Nielsen played at a high international level from the late 1950s through the mid-1960s. In 1964 he won men's singles at the All England Open Badminton Championships, then considered the unofficial World Badminton Championships, narrowly defeating fellow Dane Henning Borch in the final. He played Thomas Cup (men's international team competition) singles for Denmark in the '60–'61 and '63–'64 campaigns, scoring Denmark's only singles victory in its controversial '64 Challenge Round loss to Indonesia. He is the younger brother of Poul-Erik Nielsen Poul-Erik Nielsen (10 April 1931 – 14 January 2023) was a Danish badminton player. He was a doubles specialist winning three All England titles with partners Erland Kops, Finn Kobberø and Inge Birgit Hansen and reached five more finals. He h ... three times an All England d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oon Chong Teik
The Oon brothers, Oon Chong Teik (温忠德), Oon Chong Jin (温忠哲) and Oon Chong Hau (温忠豪), were badminton playing siblings from Malaysia, each of whom won a variety of international titles while studying toward a medical degree in England. The eldest of the three, ''Chong Teik'', was twice a singles semifinalist (1961, 1962) at the All-England Championships which was then the world's most prestigious tournament for individual players. ''Chong Jin'', the "middle brother," was an All-England singles semifinalist in 1960, and a men's doubles finalist with Danish great Erland Kops in 1965. ''Chong Hau'', the youngest brother by several years, captured the English Junior singles title a record four times. He reached the All-England singles semifinal in 1969, losing to the legendary Rudy Hartono. From the late 1950s through the late 1960s the brothers, collectively, won both men's singles and men's doubles in the open championships of Belgium, France, Ireland, the Netherlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Havers
John Newton Havers (born 1931) is a former English badminton international player and a former national doubles champion. Biography Havers became the English National doubles champion after winning the English National Badminton Championships in 1965 with his younger brother Bill Havers William F Havers (born 1936) is a former English badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles .... Havers played for Essex and England. He was also the 1964 and 1968 men's doubles runner-up with his brother and the 1967 mixed doubles runner-up with his sister-in-law Patricia Page. References English male badminton players 1931 births Living people {{England-badminton-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
