Ada Good Explained

Ada Good
Birth Name:Ada Baillee Carroll
Birth Date:1880
Birth Place:Dublin
Death Date:June 1958 [1]
Death Place:Dublin
Country:Ireland

Ada Baillie Good or Mrs T. D. Good (1880-1958) was an Irish badminton player.

Biography

Ada Good was born Ada Baillee Carroll. Good, alongside her future husband T. D. Good, took part in the first international badminton match to be played in Ireland in 1903 at the Irish Open as Miss Carroll.[2] She played her last international match in 1929.[3] [4]

In 1953, Good, her husband, Sir George Thomas, and Leonard Ransford attended a Golden Jubilee lunch held by the Badminton Union of Ireland, as the only four surviving players from the 1903 international matches. They had four children, three of whom also played badminton at national and international level, Derreen, Barbara, and Norman.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ada Baillie Carroll/person/6852019949. Ancestry UK.
  2. Book: Massey . S.M. . Badminton . 1911 . G. Bell & Sons LTD . London . 107.
  3. Book: Peard, F.W.. Sixty Years of Irish Badminton. 1995. Dublin. 44.
  4. Web site: Gallery Page . Badminton Museum of Ireland . 17 July 2020.