BADMINTON

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 September 1939, Page 8

BADMINTON

NORTH ISLAND TOURNEY SINGLES TO HAWKSWORTH. COMBINED DOUBLES WON BY MASTERTON PAIR. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. P. E. Hawksworth, of Masterton, New Zealand’s outstanding badminton player, scored a personal triumph in the North Island and Wellington badminton championships, which concluded at the Winter Show Stadium, Wellington, on Saturday night. He won the singles, the men’s doubles with G. A. Pearce, and the mixed doubles with Mrs Hawksworth. Miss Nancy Fleming won the women’s singles and’ Mrs Hawksworth and Miss Mavis Kerr, New Zealand singles champion, won the women's, doubles title in the most exciting game of the night. Results are as follow:— A GRADE. Men’s Singles.—Final: .P. Hawksworth beat E. A. Roussell, 15-11, 15-4. Women’s Singles—Final: Miss N. Fleming beat Miss F. Fernie, 12-10 11-3. Men’s Doubles.—Final: P. Hawks-, worth and. G. Pearce beat E. A. Roussell and E. Ridyard, 15-6, 15-5. Women’s Doubles—Semifinal: Mrs Hawksworth and Miss Kerr beat Misses Berry and Phillips, 15.11,15-1. Final: Mrs Hawksworth and Miss Kerr beat Misses Fleming and Fernie, 15-2, 18-14. Combined Doubles.—Final P. Hawksworth and Mrs Hawksworth beat G. Pearce and Miss Kerr, 15-1, 15-6.

B GRADE. Men’s Singles.—Final: A. Blake beat T. McLean, 21-8. Men’s Doubles.—Final: C. Collins and R. Dickens beat G. Bews and H Liver, 24-19. Women’s Doubles.—Misses I. Blundell and M. Clark beat J. Nicholls and D. Rigby, 17-14. Mixed Doubles.— Final: R. Dickens and Miss G. Organ beat J. Henry and Miss V. Congreve, 21-9, WAIRARAPA V. HAWKE’S BAY B GRADE MATCH. : WIN FOR HAWKE’S BAY TEAM, i The Wairarapa and Hawke’s Bay B grade teams met at the Drill Hall, Hastmgs, on Saturday night when a most enjoyable time was spent, the Wairarapa team suffering defeat by 16 matches to 8. The visiting team was most hospitably entertained. The scores are as follow, Wairarapa players being mentioned first in each instance-— t Men’s singles: G. W. McCullough lost to W. B. Cowan, 11/15, 4/15; F. D. G. Walker beat R. D. Sharpe, 15/6, 15/12; G. Peterson lost to B. Collinge, 8/15, 7/15; Hurley lost to I. Moran, 11/15, 15/10, 17/18; R. Doggett lost to Bourgeois, 6/15, 4/15; K. Brader lost to K. Mac Ewan, 7/15, 15/18.

Men”s doubles: F. D. G. Walker and G. W. McCullough lost to W. B. Cowan and R. D. Sharpe, 7/15, 15/7, 13/15; G. Peterson and Hurley lost’to B. Collinge and I. Moran, 7/15, 15/7, 9/15; R. Doggett and K. Brader lost to Bourgeois and K. Mac Ewan, 5/15, 14/17. Ladies’ singles: Miss N. Richards lost to Miss M. Bryan, 13/12, 6/11, 7/11Miss E. Madsen lost to Mrs Purdie’ 5/11, 11/7, 7/11; Miss M. Bell beat Miss M. Webster, 11/9, 11/4; Miss G. McCormack beat Miss C. Tiley, 11/1,-11/4; Miss N. Yates beat Miss O. Nelson, 4/11, 11/8, 12/10; Miss U. Holtham lost to Miss B. Bryan, 6/11, 4/11. Ladies’ doubles: Misses M. Bell and G. McCormack beat Mrs Purdie and Migs M. Bryan, 15/8, 15/12; Misses E. Madsen and N. Richards beat Misses M. Webster and. B. Bryan, 15/6, 15/2/; Misses N. Yates and U. Holtham beat Misses O. Nelson and C. Tiley, 17/15 12/15, 15/11.

Combined doubles: F. D. G. Walker and Miss G.- McCormack beat W. B. Cowan and Miss M. Bryan, 15/10, 15/6; G. W. McCullough and Miss M. Bell lost to R. D. Sharpe and Mrs Purdie, 11/15, 5/15; G, Peterson and Miss N. Richards lost to B. Collinge and Miss M. Webster, 10/15, 15/10, 6/15; Hurley and Miss E. Madsen lost to I. Moran and Miss C. Tiley, 5/15, .14/17; R. Doggett and Miss N. Yates lost to Bourgeois and Miss O. Nelson, 1/15, 0/15; K. Brader and Miss U. Holtham lost to Mac Ewan and Miss B. Bryan, 10/15, 10/15.

Summary (Wairarapa mentioned first in each case):—Men’s singles, matches 1, sets 3, aces 134; matches 1, sets 10, aces, 182. Men’s doubles, 0,2, 85; 3, 6, 106. Ladies’ singles, 3,8, 140; 3,7, 132. Ladies’ doubles, 3,6, 104; —, 1, 69. Combined doubles, 1,3, 120; 5, 10, 178. Totals, 8, 22, 583; 16, 34, 667.