Margaret Boxall

Margaret Boxall
Personal information
Country	England
Handedness	Left [1]
Medal record Women's badminton Representing   England Commonwealth Games 1970 Edinburgh Women's doubles 1970 Edinburgh Mixed doubles 1974 Christchurch Women's doubles 1970 Edinburgh Women's singles European Championships 1968 Bochum Women's doubles 1970 Port Talbot Women's doubles 1970 Port Talbot Women's singles

Margaret Boxall (born 1945; later Margaret Allen) is an English retired badminton player.

Personal life

Boxall married to Eddie Allen, a South African badminton player on 9 August 1975 in her hometown Gosport, Hampshire. ^[2]

Career

Boxall won the women's doubles with Susan Whetnall at the prestigious All-England Championships in both 1969 and 1970. ^[3]

She also won the gold medal at the 1968 and the 1970 European Badminton Championships in women's doubles with Susan Whetnall. ^[4]

She represented England and won double gold and a bronze medal, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. ^{[5] [6]}

Four years later she won a silver medal in the doubles at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand. ^[7]

References

1. Scheele, H. A. E., ed. (August 1976). "Letters to the editor" (PDF). World Badminton (26 ed.). p. 19. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
2. Scheele, H. A. E., ed. (August 1975). "On the side lines: Some notes and news from all parts" (PDF). World Badminton (21 ed.). p. 9. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
3. Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 108.
4. Herbert Scheele, The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J.A. Jennings Ltd., 1971) 326.
5. "1970 Athletes". Team England.
6. "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
7. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.