Jane Webster

Jane Webster
Personal information
Birth name	Jane Anne Webster
Country	England
Born	(1956-08-02) 2 August 1956 (age 68) Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England
Handedness	Left [1]
Medal record Women's badminton Representing   Great Britain World Games 1981 Santa Clara Women's doubles Representing   England World Championships 1980 Jakarta Women's doubles 1983 Copenhagen Women's doubles World Cup 1980 Kyoto Women's doubles Uber Cup 1984 Kuala Lumpur Women's team Commonwealth Games 1978 Edmonton Mixed team European Championships 1980 Groningen Women's doubles 1978 Preston Women's singles 1978 Preston Women's doubles 1982 Böblingen Women's doubles 1980 Groningen Women's singles 1982 Böblingen Women's singles European Mixed Team Championships 1978 Preston Mixed team 1982 Böblingen Mixed team 1980 Groningen Mixed team

Jane Webster (born 2 August 1956), now known as Jane Sutton, is an English badminton player noted for her strong and consistent shot-making. Though competitive at a world-class level in singles, her greatest success came in doubles competition.

Career

She won the 1980 IBF World Championships in women's doubles with Nora Perry. The same year they also won the 1980 European Badminton Championships, and in 1981 they captured the All England Doubles title. Webster and Perry were silver medalists in defense of their title at the then triennial World Championships in 1983. She won the English National ladies doubles title in 1978–79 with Gillian Gilks and the 1981–82 and 1982–83 titles with Nora Perry. Webster also won the English National Ladies Singles title in the 1981–82 season, her best in singles which included victories in the Dutch Open and the Indian Masters Invitation. Webster shared the Japan Open Ladies Doubles Title in 1982 with Nora Perry. Her last major title before retiring was the 1984 Indonesian Open ladies doubles crown, again, with Nora Perry. She represented England 85 times in international team matches.

Achievements

World Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1980	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Nora Perry	Verawaty Wiharjo Imelda Wiguna	15–12, 15–3	Gold
1983	Brøndby Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Nora Perry	Lin Ying Wu Dixi	4–15, 12–15	Silver

World Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1981	San Jose Civic Auditorium, California, United States	Nora Perry	Zhang Ailing Liu Xia	15–11, 4–15, 8–15	Silver

World Cup

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1980	Kyoto, Japan	Nora Perry	Atsuko Tokuda Yoshiko Yonekura	4–15, 17–16, 5–15	Bronze

European Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1978	Preston, England	Lene Køppen	4–11, 11–9, 0–11	Silver
1980	Groningen, Netherlands	Anette Börjesson	5–11, 11–5, 2–11	Bronze
1982	Böblingen, West Germany	Karen Bridge	0–11, 2–11	Bronze

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1978	Preston, England	Barbara Sutton	Nora Perry Anne Statt	7–15, 7–15	Silver
1980	Groningen, Netherlands	Nora Perry	Kirsten Larsen Pia Nielsen	15–8, 15–13	Gold
1982	Böblingen, West Germany	Nora Perry	Gillian Gilks Gillian Clark	3–15, 11–15	Silver

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983-2006.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Swedish Open	Helen Troke	2–11, 5–11	Runner-up
1985	Dutch Open	Kirsten Larsen	6–11, 8–11	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Chinese Taipei Open	Nora Perry	Gillian Clark Gillian Gilks	10–15, 14–15	Runner-up
1983	Japan Open	Nora Perry	Gillian Clark Gillian Gilks	6–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1983	Swedish Open	Nora Perry	Sumiko Kitada Shigemi Kawamura	15–10, 15–8	Winner
1983	Malaysia Open	Nora Perry	Kim Yun-ja Yoo Sang-hee	15–11, 4–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1984	Indonesia Open	Nora Perry	Wu Jianqiu Guan Weizhen	9–15, 18–16, 18–15	Winner
1984	Scottish Open	Karen Chapman	Karen Beckman Pamela Hamilton		Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Japan Open	Martin Dew	Thomas Kihlström Nora Perry	5–15, 2–15	Runner-up

International Tournament

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1978	Swedish Open	Lene Køppen	5–11, 2–11	Runner-up
1980	Chinese Taipei Open	Lene Køppen	9–12, 5–11	Runner-up
1980	Bell’s Open	Gillian Gilks	11–6, 11–8	Winner
1981	Copenhagen Cup	Gillian Gilks	11–7, 9–12, 11–9	Winner
1981	Dutch Open	Lene Køppen	3–11, 3–11	Runner-up
1982	Dutch Open	Gillian Clark	12–11, 8–11, 11–4	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1976	German Open	Barbara Sutton	Gillian Gilks Susan Whetnall		Runner-up
1977	Denmark Open	Barbara Sutton	Marjan Ridder Joke van Beusekom	15–9, 15–9	Winner
1979	Dutch Open	Barbara Sutton	Marjan Ridder Gillian Gilks	12–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1979	English Masters	Nora Perry	Atsuko Tokuda Yoshiko Yonekura	15–2, 8–15, 15–10	Winner
1980	Welsh International	Nora Perry	Gillian Gilks Paula Kilvington	17–14, 9–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1980	German Open	Karen Chapman	Gillian Clark Sally Podger		Winner
1980	Chinese Taipei Open	Nora Perry	Lene Køppen Kirsten Larsen	15–5, 15–7	Winner
1980	Bell’s Open	Nora Perry	Gillian Gilks Paula Kilvington	8–15, 6–15	Runner-up
1980	English Masters	Nora Perry	Atsuko Tokuda Yoshiko Yonekura	14–18, 15–6, 12–15	Runner-up
1981	Copenhagen Cup	Nora Perry	Gillian Gilks Paula Kilvington	12–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1981	Chinese Taipei Open	Nora Perry			Winner
1981	Japan Open	Nora Perry	Atsuko Tokuda Yoshiko Yonekura	6–15, 15–7, 8–15	Runner-up
1981	Denmark Open	Nora Perry	Atsuko Tokuda Yoshiko Yonekura	15–12, 18–15	Winner
1981	All England Open	Nora Perry	Gillian Gilks Paula Kilvington	15–8, 15–4	Winner
1981	Dutch Open	Nora Perry	Gillian Gilks Paula Kilvington	7–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1981	India Open	Nora Perry	Lin Ying Wu Dixi	17–14, 13–15, 17–15	Winner
1981	Scandinavian Cup	Nora Perry	Zhang Ailing Liu Xia	15–12, 15–9	Winner
1982	Chinese Taipei Open	Nora Perry	Verawaty Fadjrin Ruth Damyanti	15–8, 18–17	Winner
1982	Bell’s Open	Nora Perry	Gillian Gilks Catharine Troke	15–4, 15–5	Winner
1982	Japan Open	Nora Perry	Verawaty Fadjrin Ruth Damyanti	3–15, 15–7, 15–12	Winner
1982	Hong Kong Open	Nora Perry	Wu Jianqiu Xu Rong	15–10, 15–13	Winner
1982	Scandinavian Cup	Nora Perry	Atsuko Tokuda Yoshiko Yonekura	11–15, 15–9, 15–4	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1981	Scandinavian Cup	Steen Skovgaard	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry	12–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1982	Japan Open	Martin Dew	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry	10–15, 2–15	Runner-up

References

1. "EM 1978 i Preston" (PDF). Badminton Museet (in Danish) (06 ed.). May 1978. p. 10. Retrieved 7 January 2025.

External links

• Jane Anne Webster at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Badminton - Double Women (GBR): Nora Perry & Jane Webster at the World Games
• All England champions 1899–2007
• Statistics at badmintonengland.co.uk
• European competition results