BADMINTON
N.Z. TOURNAMENT
EVENTS AT NEW PLYMOUTH. HAWKSWORTH BEATEN BY LEWIS. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH. August 25. P. Hawksworth (Masterton) triple New Zealand badminton champion, was beaten tonight in the semi-final of the national tournament in New Plymouth by R. H. Lewis (Auckland), runner-up last year. Lewis will meet J. Spedding (Taranaki) in the final tonight. The women’s final will be between Miss F. Fernie (Wellington) and Miss M. Kerr (Dunedin). Results of semi-finals are:— Men’s singles: J. Spedding (Taranaki) beat J. Payton (Wairarapa), 15-7, 15-8; R. Lewis (Auckland) beat P. Hawksworth (Wairarapa, holder), 11-15, 15-7, 15-10. Women’s singles: Miss F. Fernie (Wellington) beat Miss Payton (Wairarapa), 11-3, 11-15; Miss M. Kerr (Otago) beat Miss Edmonson (Waikato), 7-11, 11-5, 11-3. Men’s doubles: Hawksworth and G. A. Pearce (Wellington) beat P. Anderson (Auckland) and L. Vesty (Hawke’s Bay), 15-8. 15-7; C. L. Sherrin (Mana, watu) and Pay ton beat M- T. Wilson and R. H. Lewis ’ (Auckland), 15-4, 10-15, 18-14. Women’s doubles: Misses J. Ramsay and Wade (Auckland) beat Misses N. i Fleming and Fernie, 10-15, 18-15, 15-9; Mrs Hawksworth and Miss Kerr beat | Misses Edmonson and Greaves (Wa-, nganui), 15-11, 15-2.
Mixed doubles. —Hawksworth and Mrs Hawksworth beat P. Anderson (Auckland) and Miss Berry (Wellington), 15-6, 15-8; Pearce and Miss Kerr beat Spedding and Miss D. McCarthy (Taranaki), 15-6, 15-17,-15-10.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 August 1939, Page 8
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