David Eddy (badminton)

Eddy was born in Staffordshire and represented the England team^[2] at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[3][4] He won a bronze medal in the mixed doubles event, partnering Sue Whetnall.^[5]

Eight years later he was part of the team that won the gold medal in the new team event, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada.^[6]

Though a highly competent singles player, the crisp hitting Eddy's greatest success came in doubles. He won the gold medal at the 1968 European Badminton Championships in men's doubles with Roger Powell. Two years later he also won the gold medal at the 1970 European Badminton Championships in mixed doubles partnered by Susan Whetnall^[7] with whom he shared the All-England mixed doubles title in 1974.^[8] Eddy and Powell were men's doubles runners-up at the All-Englands in both 1969 and 1970.^[9] Eddy and Eddy Sutton won men's doubles at the Danish Open in 1976, the only English team to do so since the 1930s. He compiled an impressive individual winning record on four successive English Thomas Cup (men's international) teams between 1969 and 1979.^[10]

He represented Staffordshire at county level.

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1979	Tokyo, Japan	Derek Talbot	Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata	5–15, 8–15	Bronze

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1968	Ruhrlandhalle, Bochum, West Germany	Roger Powell	Tony Jordan Roger Mills	7–15, 15–13, 15–5	Gold
1970	Afan Lido, Port Talbot, Wales	Roger Powell	Erland Kops Henning Borch	8–15, 5–15	Bronze
1978	Guild Hall, Preston, England	Eddy Sutton	Bengt Fröman Thomas Kihlström	9–15, 5–15	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1970	Afan Lido, Port Talbot, Wales	Susan Whetnall	Derek Talbot Gillian Perrin	17–16, 17–16	Gold

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1976	Welsh International	Rob Ridder	15–11, 14–17, 15–8	Winner
1977	Welsh International	Mike Tredgett	9–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1980	Portugal International	Gerry Asquith	15–6, 9–15, 15–5	Winner
1981	Malta International	Joachim Reiche	15–9, 15–4	Winner
1983	Malta International	Clemens Wortel	14–17, 15–8, 15–6	Winner

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1968	Scottish Open	Roger Powell	David Horton Tony Jordan	11–15, 15–6, 15–5	Winner
1969	All England Open	Roger Powell	Henning Borch Erland Kops	15–13, 10–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1969	Irish Open	Roger Powell	Roger Mills Tony Jordan	15–8, 15–8	Runner-up
1970	Scottish Open	Derek Talbot	David Horton Elliot Stuart	18–13, 5–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1970	All England Open	Roger Powell	Tom Bacher Poul Petersen	11–15, 0–15	Runner-up
1970	Dutch Open	Roger Powell	Roland Maywald Gerhard Kucki	15–8, 15–10	Winner
1973	Dutch Open	Eddy Sutton	Derek Talbot Elliot Stuart	15–12, 18–15	Winner
1975	Dutch Open	Eddy Sutton	Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett	12–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1975	German Open	Eddy Sutton	Bengt Fröman Thomas Kihlström	13–15, 5–15	Runner-up
1976	Denmark Open	Eddy Sutton	Flemming Delfs Elo Hansen	15–13, 15–11	Winner
1976	Welsh International	Eddy Sutton	Alan Connor William Kidd	15–7, 13–18, 15–7	Winner
1977	Dutch Open	Eddy Sutton	Elo Hansen Steen Skovgaard	6–15, 15–8, 17–15	Winner
1977	Welsh International	Eddy Sutton	Elliot Stuart Mike Tredgett	9–13 retired	Winner
1978	Welsh International	Eddy Sutton	Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett	8–15, 3–15	Runner-up
1979	Denmark Open	Eddy Sutton	Yoshitaka Iino Masao Tsuchida	9–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1979	Bell's Open	Ray Stevens	Billy Gilliland Dan Travers	15–12, 15–5	Winner
1980	Portugal International	Elliot Stuart	Gerry Asquith Ray Rofe	15–6, 15–18, 15–11	Winner
1981	Welsh International	Eddy Sutton	Tim Stokes Mark Richards	15–11, 15–6	Winner
1982	Bell's Open	Eddy Sutton	Claus Thomsen Nils Skeby	18–15, 10–15, 15–8	Winner
1983	Malta International	Chris Baxter	Martin Kooymans Clemens Wortel	6–15, 15–6, 17–14	Winner
1984	Portugal International	Chris Baxter	Gerry Asquith Elliot Stuart	15–17, 12–15	Runner-up
1986	Portugal International	Elliot Stuart	Kenny Middlemiss Kevin Scott	13–15, 15–12, 15–10	Winner
1987	Portugal International	Elliot Stuart	N. Clinton Nick Pettman	15–4, 15–4	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1968	Dutch Open	Margaret Boxall	Paul Whetnall Angela Bairstow	13–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1970	Dutch Open	Margaret Boxall	Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks	14–18, 8–15	Runner-up
1972	Swedish Open	Gillian Gilks	Svend Pri Ulla Strand	15–10, 15–8	Winner
1974	All England Open	Susan Whetnall	Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks	15–6, 15–6	Winner
1975	Dutch Open	Susan Whetnall	Wolfgang Bochow Marieluise Zizmann	15–8, 15–3	Winner
1976	U.S. Open	Susan Whetnall	Thomas Kihlström Pam Brady	15–6, 10–15, 15–12	Winner
1976	Denmark Open	Barbara Sutton	Steen Skovgaard Lene Køppen	8–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1976	Welsh International	Barbara Sutton	Rob Ridder Pauline Davies	15–9, 12–15, 15–9	Winner
1977	Canadian Open	Nora Perry	Steen Skovgaard Jane Webster	15–4, 15–12	Winner
1977	Denmark Open	Barbara Sutton	Steen Skovgaard Lene Køppen	12–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1977	German Open	Barbara Sutton	Rob Ridder Marjan Ridder	15–11, 12–15, 15–10	Winner
1979	Dutch Open	Barbara Sutton	Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks	8–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1979	Welsh International	Barbara Sutton	Billy Gilliland Karen Chapman	7–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1984	Portugal International	Eva Stuart	Gerry Asquith Fiona Elliott	12–15, 15–9, 3–15	Runner-up