Somerset Championships

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The Somerset Championships were open international badminton championships in England . They were one of the most important international badminton tournaments in the early days of the sport since the third decade of the 20th century. With the spread of sport across all continents, the championship fights lost their international importance in the 1970s.

winner

season Men's singles Ladies singles Men's doubles Ladies doubles Mixed
1949 MalaysiaMalaysia Eddy L. Choong EnglandEngland Betty Uber EnglandEngland Tom Wingfield Barron Renton
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland VE Duringer Queenie Allen
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland Tom Wingfield V. E. Duringer
EnglandEngland
1950 MalaysiaMalaysia Eddy L. Choong EnglandEngland Queenie Allen MalaysiaMalaysia Eddy L. Choong Eddy J. Choong
MalaysiaMalaysia
EnglandEngland VE Duringer Queenie Allen
EnglandEngland
MalaysiaMalaysia Eddy L. Choong Audrey Blathwayt
EnglandEngland
1951
1955
no data
1956 EnglandEngland GH King EnglandEngland ER rump EnglandEngland GH King Ciro Ciniglio
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland Sylvia Ripley Esmé Andrews
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland Ciro Ciniglio Sylvia Ripley
EnglandEngland
1957 EnglandEngland R. Mulvaney EnglandEngland ME Govett EnglandEngland R. Mulvaney Ciro Ciniglio
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland Sylvia Ripley Esmé Andrews
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland R. Mulvaney Esmé Andrews
EnglandEngland
1958 EnglandEngland R. Mulvaney EnglandEngland ME Govett EnglandEngland Mulvaney, R.J. Southwell
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland Sylvia Ripley Esmé Andrews
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland R. Mulvaney Esmé Andrews
EnglandEngland
since
1959
no data

credentials

  • The Badminton Association of England's annual handbook , Kent, 1949-1950, 1950-1951, 1956-1957 and 1958