Sussex Championships

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The Sussex 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 and have been held since the 1905 years. In the early years only Sussex players or players born in Sussex were eligible to compete. Later the title fights were divided into Open and County restricted . With the spread of badminton 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
1905
1929
no data
1930 EnglandEngland Donald C. Hume EnglandEngland Betty Uber EnglandEngland Donald C. Hume KG Livingstone
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland Marjorie Barrett Violet Elton
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland Donald C. Hume Betty Uber
EnglandEngland
1931
1933
no data
1934 EnglandEngland Ralph Nichols EnglandEngland Betty Uber EnglandEngland Donald C. Hume, Raymond M. White
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland Marjorie Henderson Thelma Kingsbury
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland Donald C. Hume Betty Uber
EnglandEngland
1935
1948
no data
1949 Malaya FederationFederation of Malaya David Choong EnglandEngland Marjorie Barrett Malaya FederationFederation of Malaya David Choong H.S. Loveday
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland Marjorie Barrett A.D. Wadsworth
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland JH Kellett A.D. Wadsworth
EnglandEngland
1950 EnglandEngland Tom Wingfield EnglandEngland Mavis Henderson EnglandEngland Ralph Nichols Barron Renton
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland Betty Uber Queenie Allen
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland Warwick Shute Queenie Allen
EnglandEngland
1951
1955
no data
1956 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gordon Rowlands EnglandEngland Betty Grace EnglandEngland Dick Hashman Ronald Lockwood
EnglandEngland
ScotlandScotland Nancy Horner Betty Grace
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland Dick Hashman Nancy Horner
ScotlandScotland
1957 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gordon Rowlands EnglandEngland Betty Grace DenmarkDenmark Bjørn Holst-Christensen Hugh Findlay
EnglandEngland
DenmarkDenmark Tonny Petersen, Sylvia Ripley
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland Dick Hashman Patricia Dolan
EnglandEngland
1958 EnglandEngland CE Lawrence EnglandEngland Abbie Rutledge EnglandEngland CA Darnell C. Bartlett
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland Sylvia Ripley Audrey Stone
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland Ronald Lockwood Madge Alcorn
EnglandEngland
1959
1964
no data
1965 MalaysiaMalaysia Punch Gunalan MalaysiaMalaysia Punch Gunalan
1966 MalaysiaMalaysia Punch Gunalan MalaysiaMalaysia Punch Gunalan
1967 MalaysiaMalaysia Punch Gunalan MalaysiaMalaysia Punch Gunalan
1968
1972
no data
1973 EnglandEngland Paul Whetnall EnglandEngland Gillian Gilks EnglandEngland Paul Whetnall David Hunt
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland Gillian Gilks Margaret Beck
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland William Kidd Barbara Giles
EnglandEngland
1974
1979
no data
1980 EnglandEngland Steve Baddeley AustraliaAustralia Julie McDonald EnglandEngland Martin Dew Simon Wootton
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland Suzanne Martin Andi Stretch
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland Nigel Tier Karen Chapman
EnglandEngland
since
1981
no data

credentials

  • The Badminton Association of England's annual handbook , Kent, 1949-1950, 1950-1951, 1956-1957 and 1958
  • Shuttlecock 15 (1974) (3) p. 9