Shannon Defeat Koputaroa At Badminton

Chronicle (Levin), 12 June 1948, Page 3

Shannon Defeat Koputaroa At Badminton

In their first inter-club match of the 1948 season, the Shannon Badminton Club's A grade team defeated Koputaroa by 14 games to 10. The standard of play was very good and some of the matches were closely contested. The ■ following are the individual ocores, Koputaroa players being mentioned first: — Singles: E. Baker lost to V, Tippler 15 — 9, F. Kernohan beat A. S. Hyde 15 — 8, J. Lancaster beat D. Pedersen 15 — 13, K. Pemberton beat S. E. Hyde 15 — 5, T. Hewitt beat L. Burling 15 — 6, R. Robinson beat O. Tippler 15—2, R. Robinson lost to Miss J. Pigott 15—4, J. Spiers lost to Miss M. Fuller 15 — 5, R. Horne lost to Miss A. Pedersen 15 — 6, C. Pene defeated Miss C. Burke 15 — 10, N. Pene lost to Mrs. A. S. Hyde 15 — 0, T. Hurliman lost to Miss D. Ritchie 15 — 6.

Doubles: Baker and Robinson lost to Tippler and A. S. Hyde 15—7, Kernohan and Lancaster beat Pedersen and S. E. Hyde 15—9, Pemberton and Hewitt beat Burling and O. Tippler 15 — 5, Robinson and Horne lost to Mis'ses Pigott and Fuller 15 — 9, Spiers and Hurliman lost to Miss Pedersen and Mrs. Hyde 15 — 2, C. and N. Peni lost to Misses H. Gardner and Ritchie 15 — 13, Baker and Horne beat V. Tippler and Miss Pigott 15—8, Kernohan and Spiers lost to A. S. Hyde and Miss Fuller 15 — 13, Lancaster dnd C. Peni lost to Pedersen and Miss Pedersen 15 — 7, Pemberton and Hurliman lost to S. E. Hyde and Mrs. Hyde 15 — 7, Hewitt and N. Peni lost to Burling aird Miss Ritchie 15—8, R. and R. Robinson beat O. Tippler and Miss Gardner !5 — !2. _______