Badminton at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Badminton
at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Badminton ; at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Venue	Meadowbank Sports Centre
Location	Edinburgh, Scotland
Dates	16–21 July 1970
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The badminton competition at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was the second appearance of Badminton at the Commonwealth Games and took place in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 16 July until 21 July 1970.^[1]

VenueMeadowbank Sports Centre

LocationEdinburgh, Scotland

Dates16–21 July 1970

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The events took place in one of the three sports halls forming part of the Meadowbank Sports Centre, which was built specifically for the Games, at a cost of £2.8 million.^[2]^[3]

Sixteen countries participated^[4] but only three claimed medals, with England topping the medal table with three golds.

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	3	4	3	10
2	Malaysia	1	1	1	3
3	Canada	1	0	1	2
Totals (3 entries)		5	5	5	15

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Singles	Jamie Paulson (CAN)	Paul Whetnall (ENG)	Ray Sharp (ENG)
Men's Doubles	Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan (MAS)	Ng Tat Wai Tan Soon Hooi (MAS)	Yves Paré Jamie Paulson (CAN)
Women's Singles	Margaret Beck (ENG)	Gillian Perrin (ENG)	Margaret Boxall (ENG)
Women's Doubles	Margaret Boxall Sue Whetnall (ENG)	Gillian Perrin Julie Rickard (ENG)	Rosalind Singha Ang Teoh Siew Yong (MAS)
Mixed Doubles	Derek Talbot Margaret Boxall (ENG)	Roger Mills Gillian Perrin (ENG)	David Eddy Sue Whetnall (ENG)

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Jamie Paulson	Paul Whetnall	10–15, 15–13, 15–10
Women's singles	Margaret Beck	Gillian Perrin	5–11, 11–3, 11–8
Men's doubles	Ng Boon Bee & Punch Gunalan	Ng Tat Wai & Tan Soon Hooi	15–3, 15–3
Women's doubles	Margaret Boxall & Sue Whetnall	Gillian Perrin & Julie Rickard	15–9, 15–2
Mixed doubles	Derek Talbot & Margaret Boxall	Roger Mills & Gillian Perrin	8–15, 15–12, 15–12

Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals			Final

1	Jamie Paulson	15	18
16	Derek Talbot	8	17	Paulson	15	15
8	Richard Purser	15	18	Purser	9	8
9	Satish Bhatia	7	14					Paulson	17	15
5	Ray Sharp	15	15					Sharp	14	5
12	Raman Ghosh	6	3	Sharp	15	15
4	Abdul Rahman Mohamed	15	15	Rahman	6	7
13	Adam Flockhart	8	3								Paulson	10	15	15
6	Paul Whetnall	15	15								Whetnall	15	13	10
11	Dave Charron	3	7	Whetnall	17	15
3	Punch Gunalan	15	15	Gunalan	15	2
14	Jim McNeillage	3	3					Whetnall	15	15	Third place
7	Suresh Goel	15	15					Goel	12	5
10	Wee Kin	3	10	Goel	16	15	15				Sharp	15	15
2	Bruce Rollick	15	15	Rollick	18	3	12				Goel	9	12
15	Ross Livingston	12	7

Round of 16					Quarter-finals			Semi-finals				Final

1	Margaret Beck	11	11
16	Judy Rollick	8	4		Beck	11	12
8	Judith Nyirati	11	11		Nyirati	8	11
9	Joanna Flockhart	0	3					Beck	11	12
5	Margaret Boxall	11	11					Boxall	6	9
12	Helen Kelly	5	2		Boxall	11	11
4	Teoh Siew Yong	10	11	11	Siew Yong	2	3
13	Patricia Moody	12	5	4								Beck	5	11	11
6	Gillian Perrin	11	11									Perrin	11	3	8
11	Christine Bennett	1	1		Perrin	11	11
3	Rosalind Singha Ang	11	11		Ang	4	4
14	Maureen Hume	3	3					Perrin	10	11	11	Third place
7	Sylvia Ng Meow Eng							Ng	12	5	2
10	Kay Marie Nesbit				Ng	11	11					Boxall	11	11
2	Alison Ridgway	11	11		Ridgway	4	2					Ng	6	8
15	Mary Thompson	5	6

Badminton at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Medal table

Medallists

Finals

Results

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

References

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Quarterfinals					Semifinals			Finals

	Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan	15	15

	Winston Wilkinson Sammy Blair	2	6
					Boon Bee Gunalan	15	15

					Paré Paulson	11	8
	Yves Paré Jamie Paulson	18	15

	Dipu Ghosh Raman Ghosh	14	3
								Boon Bee Gunalan	15	15

								Tat Wai Soon Hooi	3	3
	Ng Tat Wai Tan Soon Hooi	15	9	17

	Suresh Goel Satish Bhatia	1	15	16
					Tat Wai Soon Hooi	15	15	Third place

					Eddy Talbot	11	3
	David Eddy Derek Talbot	12	15	15				Paré Paulson	15	15

	Dave Charron Rolf Paterson	15	11	5				Eddy Talbot	10	12