Badminton at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Badminton at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Kingston
Dates	04–09 August 1966

The badminton competition at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games took place in Kingston, Jamaica from 4 to 9 August 1966. It was the inaugural appearance for badminton at the games.

Medal winners

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Tan Aik Huang	Yew Cheng Hoe	Dinesh Khanna
Men's doubles	Tan Aik Huang & Yew Cheng Hoe	Ng Boon Bee & Tan Yee Khan	David Horton & Roger Mills
Women's singles	Angela Bairstow	Sharon Whittaker	Ursula Smith
Women's doubles	Jenny Horton & Ursula Smith	Angela Bairstow & Iris Rogers	Rosalind Singha Ang & Teoh Siew Yong
Mixed doubles	Roger Mills & Angela Bairstow	Tony Jordan & Jenny Horton	Bob McCoig & Muriel Ferguson

Final results

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Tan Aik Huang	Yew Cheng Hoe	15–8, 15–8
Women's singles	Angela Bairstow	Sharon Whittaker	11–5, 11–3
Men's doubles	Tan Aik Huang & Yew Cheng Hoe	Ng Boon Bee & Tan Yee Khan	15–14, 15–5
Women's doubles	Jenny Horton & Ursula Smith	Angela Bairstow & Iris Rogers	15–7, 15–7
Mixed doubles	Roger Mills & Angela Bairstow	Tony Jordan & Jenny Horton	7-15, 15–8, 15–12

Results

Men's singles

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	Tan Aik Huang	15	15
	16	Nandu Natekar	5	10				Huang		15	15
	8	Wayne Macdonnell	15	15				Macdonnell		10	6
	9	Yeo Ah Seng	9	12											Huang		15	15
	5	Bob McCoig	15	15											McCoig		10	7
	12	George Robotham	4	9				McCoig		15	15
	4	Tan Yee Khan	15	15				Khan		7	13
	13	Colin Beacom	7	4																		Huang		15	15
	6	Yew Cheng Hoe	15	15																		Hoe		8	8
	11	Yves Paré	10	8				Hoe		15	15
	3	Suresh Goel	15	15				Goel		6	10
	14	Howard Jennings	3	2											Hoe		15	15				Bronze medal match
	7	Dinesh Khanna	15	15											Khanna		6	12
	10	Edward Paterson	10	4				Khanna		15	15											McCoig		8	7
	2	Roger Mills	15	15				Mills		3	11											Khanna		15	15
	15	Peter Seaman	6	1

Women's singles

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	Angela Bairstow	11	11
	16	Sheila Phillips	0	0				Bairstow		11	11
	8	Patricia Espley	3	11	12			Epsley		6	2
	9	Alison Glenie	11	8	10										Bairstow		11	11
	5	Ursula Smith	11	11											Smith		7	3
	12	Muriel Ferguson	1	7				Smith		11	11
	4	Alison Daysmith	4	11	12			Daysmith		1	5
	13	Rosalind Singha Ang	11	7	9																	Bairstow		11	11
	6	Sharon Whittaker	11	11																		Whittaker		5	3
	11	Iris Rogers	6	2				Whittaker		15	15
	3	Christine Bennett						Bennett		0	3
	14														Whittaker		4	11	11			Third place
	7	Jenny Horton	11	12											Horton		11	4	7
	10	Judy Humber	5	10				Horton		11	11											Smith		11	11
	2	Teoh Siew Yong	11	11				Siew Yong		5	5											Horton		8	1
	15	Joy Nancy Twining	4	4

Men's doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan	15	15
		Howard Jennings Peter Seaman	10	11
								Boon Bee Yee Khan		15	15
								Mills Horton		11	9
		Roger Mills David Horton	15	16	15
		Omar Ibrahim Ah Seng Yeo	5	17	5
															Boon Bee Yee Khan		8	5
															Huang Hoe		15	15
		Tan Aik Huang Yew Cheng Hoe	15	15
		Donald Higgins Richard Purser	7	7
								Huang Hoe		15	15				Third place
								Jordan Beacom		2	11
		Tony Jordan Colin Beacom	15	1	15										Mills Horton		15	12	18
		MacDonald Henderson Bob McCoig	10	15	11										Jordan Beacom		9	15	17

Women's doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Jenny Horton Ursula Smith	15	15
		Pauline Lamon Christine Bennett	0	0
								Horton Smith		18	15
								Siew Yong Ang		13	6
		Teoh Siew Yong Rosalind Singha Ang	15	15
		Catherine Dunglison Muriel Ferguson	12	1
															Horton Smith		15	15
															Bairstow Rogers		7	7
		Angela Bairstow Iris Rogers	15	15
		Kay Marie Nesbit Jay Nancy Twining	7	13
								Bairstow Rogers		15	15				Third place
								Glenie Simpson		2	10
		Alison Glenie Gaynor Simpson	17	15											Siew Yong Ang		15	15
		Alison Daysmith Judy Humber	16	10											Glenie Simpson		11	9

Mixed doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Roger Mills Angela Bairstow
		Tan Yee Khan Rosalind Singha Ang
								Mills Bairstow		15	15
								Paterson Whittaker		10	8
		Rolf Paterson Sharon Whittaker	15	15
		MacDonald Henderson Catherine Dunglison	11	9
															Mills Bairstow		7	15	15
															Jordan Horton		15	8	12
		Tony Jordan Jenny Horton
		Ng Boon Bee Teoh Siew Yong
								Jordan Horton		15	15				Third place
								McCoig Ferguson		8	6
		Bob McCoig Muriel Ferguson													McCoig Ferguson		15	15
		Edward Paterson Alison Daysmith													Paterson Whittaker		7	4