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
1970 →

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.^[1]

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		Ursula Smith
Women's doubles	Jenny Horton & Ursula Smith	Angela Bairstow & Iris Rogers	Rosalind Singha Ang &
Mixed doubles	Roger Mills & Angela Bairstow	Tony Jordan & Jenny Horton	Bob McCoig &

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		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[]

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Men's singles[]

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
		Tan Aik Huang	15	15
		Nandu Natekar	5	10					Huang	15	15
		Wayne Macdonnell	15	15					Macdonnell	10	6
			9	12												Huang	15	15
		Bob McCoig	15	15												McCoig	10	7
			4	9					McCoig	15	15
		Tan Yee Khan	15	15					Khan	7	13
		Colin Beacom	7	4																			Huang	15	15
		Yew Cheng Hoe	15	15																			Hoe	8	8
			10	8					Hoe	15	15
		Suresh Goel	15	15					Goel	6	10
			3	2												Hoe	15	15				Third place
		Dinesh Khanna	15	15												Khanna	6	12
			10	4					Khanna	15	15												McCoig	8	7
		Roger Mills	15	15					Mills	3	11												Khanna	15	15
			6	1

Women's singles[]

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
		Angela Bairstow	11	11
			0	0					Bairstow	11	11
			3	11	12				Epsley	6	2
			11	8	10											Bairstow	11	11
		Ursula Smith	11	11												Smith	7	3
			1	7					Smith	11	11
			4	11	12				Daysmith	1	5
		Rosalind Singha Ang	11	7	9																		Bairstow	11	11
			11	11																			Whittaker	5	3
		Iris Rogers	6	2					Whittaker	15	15
									Bennett	0	3
																Whittaker	4	11	11			Third place
		Jenny Horton	11	12												Horton	11	4	7
			5	10					Horton	11	11												Smith	11	11
			11	11					Siew Yong	5	5												Horton	8	1
			4	4

Men's doubles[]

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan	15	15
			10	11
									Boon Bee Yee Khan	15	15
									Mills Horton	11	9
		Roger Mills David Horton	15	16	15
			5	17	5
																Boon Bee Yee Khan	8	5
																Huang Hoe	15	15
		Tan Aik Huang Yew Cheng Hoe	15	15
		Richard Purser	7	7
									Huang Hoe	15	15				Bronze medal
									Jordan Beacom	2	11
		Tony Jordan Colin Beacom	15	1	15											Mills Horton	15	12	18
		Bob McCoig	10	15	11											Jordan Beacom	9	15	17

Women's doubles[]

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Jenny Horton Ursula Smith	15	15
			0	0
									Horton Smith	18	15
									Siew Yong Ang	13	6
		Rosalind Singha Ang	15	15
			12	1
																Horton Smith	15	15
																Bairstow Rogers	7	7
		Angela Bairstow Iris Rogers	15	15
			7	13
									Bairstow Rogers	15	15				Bronze medal
									Glenie Simpson	2	10
			17	15												Siew Yong Ang	15	15
			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
			15	15
			11	9
																Mills Bairstow	7	15	15
																Jordan Horton	15	8	12
		Tony Jordan Jenny Horton
		Ng Boon Bee
									Jordan Horton	15	15				Bronze medal
									McCoig Ferguson	8	6
		Bob McCoig														McCoig Ferguson	15	15
																Paterson Whittaker	7	4

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