Colin Beacom

Beacom is a three times National champion, winning the English National Badminton Championships in the mixed doubles in 1964 with Jenny Pritchard and the men's doubles with Tony Jordan in 1966 and 1968.^[3]
[4][5] In addition he has won the 1963 Irish Open, 1964 Scottish Open in the doubles and 1973 Scottish Open singles.^[6] Beacom is also a player that won on the other side of the Atlantic where he won the 1967 Canada Open in men's doubles with Roger Mills.^[7]

He represented the England team^[8] in the singles, doubles and mixed, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, where he and Jordan losing towards their teammates, Roger Mills and David Horton in men's doubles bronze medal match.^{[9][10][11][12]} After retiring, he kept playing on several level and manage to won few seniors tournament of All England Open in the 80's.^[13] Beacom is also a former president of his old badminton club, Surrey from 1990 until 1996.^[14]

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1963	Irish Open	Trevor Coates	15–9, 15–11	Winner
1973	Scottish Open	Nicol McCloy	18–16, 9–15, 15–9	Winner

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1964	Scottish Open	Kenneth Derrick	Robert McCoig W. Frank Shannon	15–9, 6–15, 18–17	Winner
1965	Irish Open	Tony Jordan	David Horton Roger Mills	15–12, 9–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1965	Dutch Open	Tony Jordan	Klaus Kaagaard Ole Mertz	4–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1967	Irish Open	Tony Jordan	David Horton Roger Mills	8–15, 15–3, 15–18	Runner-up
1967	Canadian Open	Roger Mills	Erland Kops Rolf Paterson	15–6, 15–7	Winner