Howard Jennings

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Howard Jennings
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Bornc.1943 [1]
Wales
Sport
Sport Badminton
Event(s)
singles, doubles
ClubSteinberg BC, Hawthorn

Howard R. Jennings (born c.1943) is a former badminton player from Wales, who competed at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and the 1974 British Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).

Biography

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Flying Off To Sunny Jamaica" . Pontypridd Observer. 8 July 1966. p. 6. Retrieved 27 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Wales Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  3. ↑ "Ron Jones to lead strong Welsh team" . Birmingham Daily Post. 15 June 1966. p. 22. Retrieved 26 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Irish stars v Wales at Deganwy" . North Wales Weekly News. 21 March 1968. p. 8. Retrieved 27 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "He beat Finnish champ" . Pontypridd Observer. 21 April 1972. p. 1. Retrieved 27 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Badminton" . Glamorgan Gazette. 30 August 1974. p. 3. Retrieved 27 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Welsh pair on best form". BBC. 29 January 2002. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  8. ↑ "Badminton Wales History". Badminton Wales. Retrieved 27 November 2025.


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