Howard Jennings

Jennings started playing badminton aged 13 at the Trehopcyn Youth Club^[1] and later joined the Steinberg Badminton Club in Hawthorn.^[1] His doubles partner was Peter Seaman, also from the Steinberg club and who he started playing with in 1960.^[1]

He represented the 1966 Welsh team^[2] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, participating in the singles and doubles events.^[3] At the time of the Games he was living at Telelkebir Road in Hopkinstown and was working for building company.^[1]

He continued to represent Wales after the Games^[4] and was a six-times Welsh International champion: singles 1968 and 1969, doubles 1969 and mixed doubles in 1968, 1969 and 1975.^[5]

He was the Welsh number one and competed at the 1974 Commonwealth Games.^[6]

He was a seven-times singles champion of Wales^[7] and was capped 34 times.^[8]