Badminton at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Badminton
Venue	Kingston
Dates	04–09 August 1966

The badminton competition at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games took place in Kingston, Jamaica from 4 August until 9 August 1966. It was the inaugural appearance for badminton at the Games.

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	Sharon Whittaker	Ursula Smith
Women's Doubles	Helen Jenny Horton & Ursula Smith	Angela Bairstow & Iris Rogers	Rosalind Singha Ang & Teoh Siew Yong
Mixed Doubles	Roger Mills & Angela Bairstow	Tony Jordan & Helen Jenny Horton	Bob McCoig & Muriel Ferguson

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	Sharon Whittaker	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	Helen Jenny Horton & Ursula Smith	Angela Bairstow & Iris Rogers	15–7, 15–7
Mixed doubles	Roger Mills & Angela Bairstow	Tony Jordan & Helen Jenny Horton	7-15, 15–8, 15–12

Results

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
	Yeo Ah Seng	9	12												Huang	15	15
	Bob McCoig	15	15												McCoig	10	7
	George Robotham	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
	Yves Paré	10	8					Hoe	15	15
	Suresh Goel	15	15					Goel	6	10
	Howard Jennings	3	2												Hoe	15	15
	Dinesh Khanna	15	15												Khanna	6	12
	Edward Paterson	10	4					Khanna	15	15										Third place
	Roger Mills	15	15					Mills	3	11												McCoig	8	7
	Peter Seaman	6	1																			Khanna	15	15

Women's Singles

Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	Angela Bairstow	11	11
	Sheila Phillips	0	0					Bairstow	11	11
	Patricia Espley	3	11	12				Epsley	6	2
	Alison Glenie	11	8	10											Bairstow	11	11
	Ursula Smith	11	11												Smith	7	3
	Muriel Ferguson	1	7					Smith	11	11
	Alison Daysmith	4	11	12				Daysmith	1	5
	Rosalind Singha Ang	11	7	9																		Bairstow	11	11
	Sharon Whittaker	11	11																			Whittaker	5	3
	Iris Rogers	6	2					Whittaker	15	15
	Christine Bennett							Bennett	0	3
															Whittaker	4	11	11
	Helen Jenny Horton	11	12												Horton	11	4	7
	Judy Humber	5	10					Horton	11	11										Third place
	Teoh Siew Yong	11	11					Siew Yong	5	5												Smith	11	11
	Joy Nancy Twining	4	4																			Horton	8	1

Men's Doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Ng Boon Bee   Tan Yee Khan	15	15
		Howard Jennings   Peter Seaman	10	11
									Boon Bee   Yee Khan	15	15
									Mills   Horton	11	9
		Roger Mills   David Horton	15	16	15
		Omar Ibrahim   Ah Seng Yeo	5	17	5
																Boon Bee   Yee Khan	8	5
																Huang   Hoe	15	15
		Tan Aik Huang   Yew Cheng Hoe	15	15
		Donald Higgins   Richard Purser	7	7
									Huang   Hoe	15	15
									Jordan   Beacom	2	11				Bronze Medal Match
		Tony Jordan   Colin Beacom	15	1	15
		MacDonald Henderson   Bob McCoig	10	15	11											Mills   Horton	15	12	18
																Jordan   Beacom	9	15	17

Women's Doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Helen Jenny Horton   Ursula Smith	15	15
		Pauline Lamon   Christine Bennett	0	0
									Horton   Smith	18	15
									Siew Yong   Ang	13	6
		Teoh Siew Yong   Rosalind Singha Ang	15	15
		Catherine Dunglison   Muriel Ferguson	12	1
																Horton   Smith	15	15
																Bairstow   Rogers	7	7
		Angela Bairstow   Iris Rogers	15	15
		Kay Marie Nesbit   Jay Nancy Twining	7	13
									Bairstow   Rogers	15	15
									Glenie   Simpson	2	10				Bronze Medal Match
		Alison Glenie   Gaynor Simpson	17	15
		Alison Daysmith   Judy Humber	16	10												Siew Yong   Ang	15	15
																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
		Rolf Paterson   Sharon Whittaker	15	15
		MacDonald Henderson   Catherine Dunglison	11	9
																Mills   Bairstow	7	15	15
																Jordan   Horton	15	8	12
		Tony Jordan   Helen Jane Horton
		Ng Boon Bee   Teoh Siew Yong
									Jordan   Horton	15	15
									McCoig   Ferguson	8	6				Bronze Medal Match
		Bob McCoig   Muriel Ferguson
		Edward Paterson   Alison Daysmith														McCoig   Ferguson	15	15
																Paterson   Whittaker	7	4