1961 All England Badminton Championships Explained

1961 All England Championships
Dates:
Number Edition:51st
Venue:Wembley
Location:London
Previous:< 1960
Next:1962 >

The 1961 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at Wembley, London, England, from 14 to 17 March 1961.[1]

In 1960 Judy Devlin married and returned to the championships as Judy Hashman, her sister Sue Devlin also married and became Sue Peard and decided to represent Ireland, the native country of her father and former men's champion Frank Devlin.

Final results

CategoryWinnersRunners-upScore
Men's singles Erland Kops Finn Kobberø15-10, 15-6
Women's singles Judy Hashman-Devlin Ursula Smith11-2, 11-6
Men's doubles Finn Kobberø & Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen Erland Kops & Poul-Erik Nielsen15-6, 15-3
Women's doubles Sue Peard-Devlin & Judy Hashman-Devlin Catherine Dunglison & Wilma Tyre15-5 15-4
Mixed doubles Finn Kobberø & Kirsten Thorndahl Tony Jordan & June Timperley15-12, 15-5

Results

Men's singles

Section 2

Women's singles

Section 2

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Login. www.thetimes.co.uk. 17 April 2018. 18 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235618/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/. dead.