Margaret Barrand Explained

Margaret Barrand
Birth Date: [1]
Country:England

Margaret Barrand (née Margaret Semple) (born 1940) is a former English badminton international player and a former national champion.[2]

Biography

Barrand became an English National doubles champion after winning the English National Badminton Championships mixed doubles title with Roger Mills in 1965.[3] [4] The following year she won the women's doubles with Angela Bairstow.[5] She was a member of the 1963 English Uber Cup team which finished second to the United States in a tight four games to three final. Her most impressive badminton accomplishment, perhaps, was winning mixed doubles at the U.S. Open Badminton Championships in three successive years (1963, 1964, and 1965), each time with a different partner (in order: Sangob Rattanusorn, Channarong Ratanaseangsuang, and Bob McCoig). She also won the 1965 Canadian Open mixed doubles with McCoig and the 1965 U.S Open women's doubles with Jennifer Pritchard Horton.

She represented Lancashire and England and played under the name of Semple until she married a vicar called George Barrand in 1958, playing thereafter as Barrand.

Achievements

International tournaments

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1963US Open Sangob Rattanusorn Joe Alston
Lois Alston
Winner
1964U.S. Open Channarong Ratanaseangsuang Joe Alston
Lois Alston
Walkover Winner
1965U.S Open Bob McCoig Tony Jordan
Jenny Horton
15-7, 12-15, 15-12 Winner

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1940 births. Free BMD.
  2. Book: Davis, Pat. Guinness Book of Badminton, page 86. 1983. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 0-85112-271-X.
  3. Web site: "Badminton Full Of Surprises." Times, 6 Feb. 1965, p. 4. Times Digital Archive.
  4. Web site: "Sports in Brief." Times, 8 Feb. 1965, p. 4. Times Digital Archive.
  5. Web site: "Mills Easily Keeps His Title." Times, 13 Dec. 1965, p. 4. Times Digital Archive.