Badminton at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

The badminton competition at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games took place in Kingston, Jamaica from 4 August until 9 August 1966. It was the inaugural appearance for badminton at the Games.[1]

Badminton at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Kingston
Dates	04–09 August 1966

Medal winners

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Singles	Tan Aik Huang	Yew Cheng Hoe	Dinesh Khanna
Men's Doubles	Tan Aik Huang & Yew Cheng Hoe	Ng Boon Bee & Tan Yee Khan	David Horton & Roger Mills
Women's Singles	Angela Bairstow	Sharon Whittaker	Ursula Smith
Women's Doubles	Jenny Horton & Ursula Smith	Angela Bairstow & Iris Rogers	Rosalind Singha Ang & Teoh Siew Yong
Mixed Doubles	Roger Mills & Angela Bairstow	Tony Jordan & Jenny Horton	Bob McCoig & Muriel Ferguson

Final Results

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Tan Aik Huang	Yew Cheng Hoe	15–8, 15–8
Women's singles	Angela Bairstow	Sharon Whittaker	11–5, 11–3
Men's doubles	Tan Aik Huang & Yew Cheng Hoe	Ng Boon Bee & Tan Yee Khan	15–14, 15–5
Women's doubles	Jenny Horton & Ursula Smith	Angela Bairstow & Iris Rogers	15–7, 15–7
Mixed doubles	Roger Mills & Angela Bairstow	Tony Jordan & Jenny Horton	7-15, 15–8, 15–12

Results

[2]

Men's Singles

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
		Tan Aik Huang	15	15
		Nandu Natekar	5	10					Huang	15	15
		Wayne Macdonnell	15	15					Macdonnell	10	6
		Yeo Ah Seng	9	12												Huang	15	15
		Bob McCoig	15	15												McCoig	10	7
		George Robotham	4	9					McCoig	15	15
		Tan Yee Khan	15	15					Khan	7	13
		Colin Beacom	7	4																			Huang	15	15
		Yew Cheng Hoe	15	15																			Hoe	8	8
		Yves Paré	10	8					Hoe	15	15
		Suresh Goel	15	15					Goel	6	10
		Howard Jennings	3	2												Hoe	15	15				Third place
		Dinesh Khanna	15	15												Khanna	6	12
		Edward Paterson	10	4					Khanna	15	15												McCoig	8	7
		Roger Mills	15	15					Mills	3	11												Khanna	15	15
		Peter Seaman	6	1

Women's Singles

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
		Angela Bairstow	11	11
		Sheila Phillips	0	0					Bairstow	11	11
		Patricia Espley	3	11	12				Epsley	6	2
		Alison Glenie	11	8	10											Bairstow	11	11
		Ursula Smith	11	11												Smith	7	3
		Muriel Ferguson	1	7					Smith	11	11
		Alison Daysmith	4	11	12				Daysmith	1	5
		Rosalind Singha Ang	11	7	9																		Bairstow	11	11
		Sharon Whittaker	11	11																			Whittaker	5	3
		Iris Rogers	6	2					Whittaker	15	15
		Christine Bennett							Bennett	0	3
																Whittaker	4	11	11			Third place
		Jenny Horton	11	12												Horton	11	4	7
		Judy Humber	5	10					Horton	11	11												Smith	11	11
		Teoh Siew Yong	11	11					Siew Yong	5	5												Horton	8	1
		Joy Nancy Twining	4	4

Men's Doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan	15	15
		Howard Jennings Peter Seaman	10	11
									Boon Bee Yee Khan	15	15
									Mills Horton	11	9
		Roger Mills David Horton	15	16	15
		Omar Ibrahim Ah Seng Yeo	5	17	5
																Boon Bee Yee Khan	8	5
																Huang Hoe	15	15
		Tan Aik Huang Yew Cheng Hoe	15	15
		Donald Higgins Richard Purser	7	7
									Huang Hoe	15	15				Bronze medal match
									Jordan Beacom	2	11
		Tony Jordan Colin Beacom	15	1	15											Mills Horton	15	12	18
		MacDonald Henderson Bob McCoig	10	15	11											Jordan Beacom	9	15	17

Women's Doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Jenny Horton Ursula Smith	15	15
		Pauline Lamon Christine Bennett	0	0
									Horton Smith	18	15
									Siew Yong Ang	13	6
		Teoh Siew Yong Rosalind Singha Ang	15	15
		Catherine Dunglison Muriel Ferguson	12	1
																Horton Smith	15	15
																Bairstow Rogers	7	7
		Angela Bairstow Iris Rogers	15	15
		Kay Marie Nesbit Jay Nancy Twining	7	13
									Bairstow Rogers	15	15				Bronze medal match
									Glenie Simpson	2	10
		Alison Glenie Gaynor Simpson	17	15												Siew Yong Ang	15	15
		Alison Daysmith Judy Humber	16	10												Glenie Simpson	11	9

Mixed Doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Roger Mills Angela Bairstow
		Tan Yee Khan Rosalind Singha Ang
									Mills Bairstow	15	15
									Paterson Whittaker	10	8
		Rolf Paterson Sharon Whittaker	15	15
		MacDonald Henderson Catherine Dunglison	11	9
																Mills Bairstow	7	15	15
																Jordan Horton	15	8	12
		Tony Jordan Jenny Horton
		Ng Boon Bee Teoh Siew Yong
									Jordan Horton	15	15				Bronze medal match
									McCoig Ferguson	8	6
		Bob McCoig Muriel Ferguson														McCoig Ferguson	15	15
		Edward Paterson Alison Daysmith														Paterson Whittaker	7	4

References

1. "Results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
2. "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.