Cathie Dunglison

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Cathie Dunglison
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born
Scotland
Sport
Sport Badminton
Event(s)
singles, doubles
ClubPollockshields BC, Glasgow
Western BC, Edinburgh

Catherine "Cathie" E. Dunglison is a former badminton player from Scotland who competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Dunglison originally played her badminton in the Bridge of Allan [1] before joining the Pollockshields Badminton Club in Glasgow [2] and made her Scottish international debut in January 1957. [3]

Dunglison's best achievements came in doubles competition and she was able to compete with the world's best in the doubles format. [4] In 1964 she was playing for the Western Club in Edinburgh. [5] Dunglison won eleven Scottish National titles, spanning a 13-year period from 1955 to 1967. It consisted of two singles, seven doubles and two mixed doubles crowns. [6] She also won two Scottish Open titles in 1963 and 1965 respectively.

Dunglison represented the Scotland team at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, in the two events; partnering Muriel Ferguson in the women's doubles and Mac Henderson in the mixed doubles. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Finalists at Stirling" . The Scotsman. 2 June 1956. p. 10. Retrieved 11 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Badminton Women in Good Form" . Edinburgh Evening News. 20 November 1956. p. 12. Retrieved 11 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Miss Dunglison is New Badminton Cap" . Edinburgh Evening News. 23 January 1957. p. 10. Retrieved 11 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Crowd cheer Mac Henderson" . The Scotsman. 25 February 1963. p. 11. Retrieved 11 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Holders lose to young partnership" . The Scotsman. 13 June 1964. p. 10. Retrieved 11 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England (Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983).
  7. ↑ "England Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
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