Worcestershire Championships

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The Worcestershire Championships were open international championships in badminton of Worcestershire . They were one of the most important international badminton tournaments in the early days of the sport and have been held since the 1920s. 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
1948 EnglandEngland M. Robinson EnglandEngland CM Robinson EnglandEngland Maurice Field John D. McColl
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland Lucy Barlow P. Strudwick
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland M. Robinson, C. M. Robinson
EnglandEngland
1949 EnglandEngland Noel B. Radford EnglandEngland CM Robinson EnglandEngland Noel B. Radford M. Robinson
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland Joy Saunders Audrey Stone
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland Noel B. Radford Joy Saunders
EnglandEngland
1950
1955
no data
1956 EnglandEngland John D. McColl EnglandEngland B. Bird EnglandEngland John D. McColl F. John Shaw
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland I. Greatrex Marjorie Warren
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland John D. McColl Marjorie Warren
EnglandEngland
1957 Malaya FederationFederation of Malaya Oon Chong Teik DenmarkDenmark Tonny Petersen EnglandEngland John D. McColl Michael Rawlings
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland June Timperley Heather Ward
EnglandEngland
Malaya FederationFederation of Malaya Oon Chong Teik Tonny Petersen
DenmarkDenmark
1958 EnglandEngland Hugh Findlay EnglandEngland B. Bird EnglandEngland R. Quiddington Ciro Ciniglio
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland M. Rooke, C. M. Robinson
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland John D. McColl Marjorie Warren
EnglandEngland
1959
1979
no data
1980 EnglandEngland Michael Wilks IrelandIreland Barbara Beckett EnglandEngland Michael Wilks Peter Bullivant
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland Sally Leadbeater Gillian Clark
EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland John Cocker Bridget Cooper
EnglandEngland
since
1981
no data

credentials

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