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 took place in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 16 July until 21 July 1970. ^[1]

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.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Scotland)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable

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

Medallists

Medal winners

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)

Finals

Final result

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

Results

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Men's singles

	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

Women's singles

	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

Men's doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan	15	15
		Cyril Wilkinson Samuel 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

Women's doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Margaret Boxall Sue Whetnall	15	15
		Joanna Flockhart Helen Kelly	6	9
								Boxall Whetnall		15	15
								Tan Ng		4	11
		Sylvia Tan Sylvia Ng Meow Eng	15	15
		Alison Ridgway Judy Rollick	10	12
															Boxall Whetnall		15	15
															Perrin Rickard		9	2
		Gillian Perrin Julie Rickard	15	15
		Patricia Moody Nancy McKinley	3	7
								Perrin Rickard		15	15				Third place
								Ang Siew Yong		2	10
		Rosalind Singha Ang Teoh Siew Yong	15	15											Ang Siew Yong		15	12	15
		Maureen Mockford Joan McCloy	2	4											Tan Ng		2	15	10

Mixed doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Derek Talbot Margaret Boxall	15	15
		Jim McNeillage Maureen Hume	6	5
								Talbot Boxall		17	15	17
								Eddy Whetnall		18	6	14
		David Eddy Sue Whetnall	15	17
		Dave Charron Nancy McKinley	9	14
															Talbot Boxall		8	15	15
															Mills Perrin		15	12	12
		Roger Mills Gillian Perrin	15	15
		Bob McCoig Helen Kelly	10	4
								Mills Perrin		15	15				Third place
								Whetnall Rickard		4	11
		Paul Whetnall Julie Rickard	15	18											Eddy Whetnall		15	12	15
		Fraser Gow Christine Evans	9	17											Whetnall Rickard		8	15	12

References

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4. "The Tenth British Commonwealth Games" (PDF). World Badminton (11 ed.). October 1973. p. 2. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
5. "Today's results" . Aberdeen Evening Express. 17 July 1970. p. 12. Retrieved 14 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Results from the Games yesterday" . Birmingham Mail. 18 July 1970. p. 15. Retrieved 14 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Commonwealth Results" . Nottingham Guardian. 20 July 1970. p. 12. Retrieved 14 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
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