Sue Peard

Susan "Sue" Peard (* 1931 , nee Susan Devlin ) is a former American badminton player who later started for Ireland.

Career

Devlin began playing badminton in early childhood under the guidance of her Irish father, Frank Devlin . In 1956 she won the All England with her sister Judy Devlin after they had failed in the final the year before. In 1960 and 1961, both won again in a joint double.

successes

season	event	discipline	space	winner
1953	US Open	Ladies doubles	1	Sue Devlin / Judy Devlin
1955	All of England	Ladies doubles	2	Sue Devlin / Judy Devlin
1956	All of England	Ladies doubles	1	Sue Devlin / Judy Devlin
1957	Canada: National and International Championships	Ladies doubles	1	Susan Devlin / Judy Devlin
1958	US Open	Ladies doubles	1	Sue Devlin / Judy Devlin
1959	All of England	Ladies doubles	2	Sue Devlin / Judy Devlin
1959	Canada: National and International Championships	Ladies singles	2	Sue Devlin
1959	Canada: National and International Championships	Ladies doubles	1	Sue Devlin / Judy Devlin
1959	US Open	Ladies doubles	1	Sue Devlin / Judy Devlin
1960	All of England	Ladies doubles	1	Sue Devlin / Judy Devlin
1960	US Open	Ladies doubles	1	Susan Devlin / Judy Devlin
1961	All of England	Ladies doubles	1	Judy D. Hashman / Sue Peard
1961	Irish Open	Ladies doubles	1	Sue Peard / Lena Rea
1962/1963	Germany: International championships	Ladies doubles	2	Judy Hashman / Peard-Devlin
1963	All of England	Ladies doubles	1	Judy D. Hashman / Sue Devlin-Peard
1964	All of England	Ladies doubles	2	Judy D. Hashman / Sue Peard
1970	Irish Open	Ladies doubles	1	Yvonne Kelly / Sue Peard

credentials

• Pat Davis: The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness, Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 108.
• Herbert Scheele (Ed.): The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 (Canterbury, Kent, England: JA Jennings Ltd., 1971) 313.
• Herbert Scheele (Ed.): The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967 (Canterbury, Kent, England: JA Jennings Ltd. 1967) 97-101.
• Herbert Scheele (Ed.): The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967 (Canterbury, Kent, England: JA Jennings Ltd., 1967) 102-106.