Welsh International
The Welsh International is an international badminton championship held in Wales since 1928 and is thereby one of the oldest badminton tournaments in the world. The tournament was halted during World War II and until 1956, between 1960 and 1966, and in 1971. It is organised by Welsh Badminton Cymru, the governing body for badminton in Wales.[1]
Past winners[]
| Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
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| 1927 |  Alan Titherley
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 J. D. M. McCallum Alan Titherley
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Reid
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 Meredith
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| 1928 | Thomas P. Dick
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Margaret Tragett
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Marian Horsley
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Thomas P. Dick Hazel Hogarth
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| 1929 | Donald Hume
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Dorothy Colpoys
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Donald Hume Ralph Nichols
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| 1930 | Thomas P. Dick
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Thomas P. Dick
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| 1931 | Willoughby Hamilton
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Thelma Kingsbury
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Arthur Hamilton Willoughby Hamilton
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Hazel Hogarth Thelma Kingsbury
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Ralph Nichols
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| 1932 | Alice Woodroffe
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Donald Hume Raymond M. White
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Alice Woodroffe
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Thomas P. Dick Hazel Hogarth
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| 1933 | Betty Uber
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Betty Uber Thelma Kingsbury
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Donald Hume Betty Uber
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| 1934 | Raymond M. White
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Thelma Kingsbury
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Willoughby Hamilton Ian Maconachie
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Betty Uber
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| 1935 | Raymond M. White Ian Maconachie
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Ian Maconachie Marian Horsley
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| 1936 | Thomas P. Dick
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Raymond M. White Thelma Kingsbury
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| 1937 | Raymond M. White
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Daphne Young
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Thomas P. Dick
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Dorothy Colpoys
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Thomas Boyle Olive Wilson
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| 1938 |  Tage Madsen
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Betty Uber
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Thomas Boyle James Rankin
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Betty Uber Diana Doveton
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| 1940–1954 | no competition | ||||
| 1955 | James P. Doyle
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James P. Doyle
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| 1956 |  Oon Chong Teik
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| 1957 | Oon Chong Jin
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Mary O'Sullivan
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June Timperley
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Oon Chong Jin June Timperley
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| 1958 |
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Heather Ward
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Tony Jordan
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Heather Ward
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Heather Ward
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| 1959–1965 | no competition | ||||
| 1966 | Roger Mills
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Roger Mills Robert McCoig
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Robert McCoig McCoig
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| 1967 | Julie Charles
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Roger Mills
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Julie Charles
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Roger Mills Julie Charles
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| 1968 |
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Mike Tredgett
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| 1969 |
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| 1970 | no competition | ||||
| 1971 | Mike Tredgett
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Mike Tredgett
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| 1972 |
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Barbara Beckett
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Barbara Beckett
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| 1973 |
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Barbara Beckett
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| 1974 | Anne Statt
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Anne Statt
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| 1975 | Kevin Jolly
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Kevin Jolly
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| 1976 | David Eddy
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Paula Kilvington
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David Eddy Eddy Sutton
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Anne Statt Jane Webster
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David Eddy Barbara Giles
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| 1977 | Mike Tredgett
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Gillian Gilks
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Barbara Sutton Marjan Ridder
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Elliot Stuart Gillian Gilks
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| 1978 | Kevin Jolly
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Nora Perry
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Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett
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Barbara Sutton Nora Perry
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Mike Tredgett Nora Perry
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| 1979 |  Thomas Kihlström
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Jane Webster
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Thomas Kihlström Bengt Fröman
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Jane Webster Karen Puttick
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Billy Gilliland Karen Puttick
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| 1980 | Ray Stevens
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Gillian Gilks
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Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett
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Gillian Gilks Paula Kilvington
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Mike Tredgett Nora Perry
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| 1981 | Steve Baddeley
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Karen Bridge
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David Eddy Eddy Sutton
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Karen Chapman Sally Podger
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Billy Gilliland Karen Chapman
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| 1982 | Steve Butler
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Sally Podger
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Mike Tredgett Dipak Tailor
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Nora Perry Jane Webster
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Dipak Tailor Nora Perry
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| 1983 | Karen Beckman
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Mike Tredgett Martin Dew
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Helen Troke Karen Chapman
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Mike Tredgett Karen Chapman
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| 1984 | Morten Frost
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Billy Gilliland Dan Travers
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Gillian Gilks Helen Troke
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Martin Dew Gillian Gilks
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| 1985 | Darren Hall
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Fiona Elliott
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Martin Dew Dipak Tailor
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Karen Beckman Sara Halsall
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Jesper Knudsen Nettie Nielsen
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| 1986 | Martin Dew Darren Hall
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Martin Dew Gillian Gilks
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| 1987 |  Vimal Kumar
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Richard Outterside Mike Brown
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Fiona Elliott Sara Halsall
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| 1988 | Darren Hall
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Bang Soo-hyun
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Nick Ponting Dave Wright
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Karen Beckman Sara Sankey
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Mike Brown
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| 1989 |
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Joanne Muggeridge
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Karen Chapman Sara Sankey
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Dave Wright Claire Palmer
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| 1990 | Vimal Kumar
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 Denyse Julien
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Julie Bradbury
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Nick Ponting Joanne Wright
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| 1991 | 
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Fiona Smith
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Chris Rees
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Denyse Julien Doris Piché
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Andy Goode Joanne Wright
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| 1992 | Anders Nielsen
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Suzanne Louis-Lane
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Nick Ponting Dave Wright
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Julie Bradbury Sara Sankey
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Nick Ponting Joanne Wright
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| 1993 | Darren Hall
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 Marina Andrievskaya
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Simon Archer
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Julie Bradbury Joanne Wright
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Chris Hunt Joanne Wright
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| 1994 | Peter Rasmussen
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Denyse Julien
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Andrei Andropov Nikolai Zuyev
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Julie Bradbury Joanne Wright
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Nick Ponting Joanne Wright
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| 1995 | Colin Haughton
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Elena Rybkina
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Elena Rybkina Marina Yakusheva
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Nikolai Zuyev Marina Yakusheva
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| 1996 | Chris Bruil
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Kelly Morgan
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Ian Pearson James Anderson
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Nicole van Hooren
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Quinten van Dalm Nicole van Hooren
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| 1997 | Dicky Palyama
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Brenda Beenhakker
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James Anderson Ian Sullivan
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Sara Sankey Ella Tripp
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James Anderson Sara Sankey
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| 1998 |
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Marina Andrievskaya
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Marina Andrievskaya Catrine Bengtsson
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Henrik Andersson Marina Andrievskaya
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| 1999 | Richard Vaughan
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Marina Yakusheva
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Peter Axelsson
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Irina Ruslyakova Marina Yakusheva
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Peter Jeffrey Joanne Davies
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| 2000 | Tracey Hallam
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Anthony Clark Ian Sullivan
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Ella Tripp Sara Sankey
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Anthony Clark Gail Emms
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| 2001 |
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Brenda Beenhakker
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 Vincent Laigle Svetoslav Stoyanov
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Nikolai Zuyev Marina Yakusheva
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| 2002 |
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Nikolai Zuyev Stanislav Pukhov
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Ella Tripp Joanne Wright
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| 2003 | Ella Karachkova
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Kristian Roebuck
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Ella Karachkova Anastasia Russkikh
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Anastasia Russkikh
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| 2004 |
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 Petya Nedelcheva
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Petya Nedelcheva Yuan Wemyss
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Matthew Hughes Kelly Morgan
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| 2005 | Chetan Anand
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Andrew Ellis
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Heather Olver
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Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta
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| 2006 |
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Huang Chia-chi
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Matthew Hughes Martyn Lewis
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Natalie Munt Mariana Agathangelou
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Kristian Roebuck Natalie Munt
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| 2007 | Marc Zwiebler
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Jill Pittard
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 Wojciech Szkudlarczyk Adam Cwalina
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Chloe Magee Bing Huang
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Wojciech Szkudlarczyk
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| 2008 | Brice Leverdez
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 Kati Tolmoff
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Andrew Bowman Martyn Lewis
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Mariana Agathangelou Jillie Cooper
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Jillie Cooper
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| 2009 |
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Tatjana Bibik
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Vitaliy Durkin Alexandr Nikolaenko
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Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova
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Vitaliy Durkin Nina Vislova
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| 2010 |  Pablo Abián
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 Anita Raj Kaur
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Peter Käsbauer Josche Zurwonne
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Joanne Quay Swee Ling Anita Raj Kaur
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Peter Käsbauer Johanna Goliszewski
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| 2011 |  Niluka Karunaratne
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 Nicole Schaller
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Chris Coles Matthew Nottingham
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Ng Hui Ern Ng Hui Lin
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Martin Campbell Ng Hui Lin
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| 2012 |  Chou Tien-chen
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Chiang Mei-hui
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Marcus Ellis Paul Van Rietvelde
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Gabrielle White Lauren Smith
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Marcus Ellis Gabrielle White
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| 2013 | Pablo Abián
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 Beiwen Zhang
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Chris Coles Matthew Nottingham
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Tang Hetian Renuga Veeran
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Chris Langridge Heather Olver
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| 2014 | Kieran Merrilees
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Beatriz Corrales
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Matthew Nottingham Harley Towler
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Heather Olver Lauren Smith
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Chris Coles Sophie Brown
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| 2015 IC | Vladimir Malkov
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Anna Thea Madsen
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Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge
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Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva
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Matthew Nottingham Emily Westwood
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| 2016 IC | Pablo Abián
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Beatriz Corrales
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Liao Min-chun Su Cheng-heng
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Anastasia Chervyakova Olga Morozova
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Robert Mateusiak Nadiezda Zieba
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| 2017 FS | Nhat Nguyen
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Tanvi Lad
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Michael Roe
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 Flore Vandenhoucke
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Michael Roe Jessica Hopton
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| 2018 IS | Luís Enrique Peñalver
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Clara Azurmendi
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Max Flynn Callum Hemming
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Julie MacPherson
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Matthew Clare Victoria Williams
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| 2019 IS |
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Abigail Holden
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Alexander Dunn Ciara Torrance
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| 2020 IS | Cancelled[note 1] | ||||
| 2021 | Arnaud Merklé
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Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang
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Margot Lambert Anne Tran
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William Villeger Anne Tran
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- ^ This tournament, originally to be played from 25 to 28 November, was later postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic in Wales.
Performances by nation[]
Updated after the 2021 edition.
| Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England
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31 | 30 | 44 | 40.5 | 42.5 | 188 |
| 2 | Wales
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8 | 4 | 3 | 8.5 | 4 | 27.5 |
| 3 | Ireland
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5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4.5 | 24.5 |
| 4 | Russia
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1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Scotland
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1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | Denmark
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5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Spain
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| 8 | Netherlands
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2 | 3 | 0 | 1.5 | 1 | 7.5 |
| 9 | Sweden
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2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Malaya Malaysia
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2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Chinese Taipei
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1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| France
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| India
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3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 14 | Canada
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0 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 3.5 |
| Germany
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1 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 3.5 | |
| 16 | Australia
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1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Poland
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0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| South Korea
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0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 19 | Bulgaria
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 20 | Belgium
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0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Estonia
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0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Indonesia
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0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sri Lanka
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Switzerland
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0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| United States
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0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 350 |
References[]
External links[]
Categories:
- Welsh International
- Badminton tournaments in Wales
- 1928 establishments in Wales
- Recurring sporting events established in 1928