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Paula Kilvington
Paula Kilvington (born 1957) is a former English badminton international player and a former national champion. Biography Kilvington became an English National doubles champion after winning the English National Badminton Championships women's doubles title with Gillian Gilks in 1984. She had previously finished runner-up in the doubles in 1982 and was an English junior champion in 1975. She represented Yorkshire and also won the 1979 Hungarian International The Hungarian International in badminton is an international open held in Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to .... Achievements European Junior Championships ''Girls' singles'' ''Girls' doubles'' International tournaments (10 titles, 10 runners-up) ''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' References English female badminton players 1957 births Living people 20th-cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players per side). Badminton is often played as a casual outdoor activity in a Yard (land), yard or on a beach; professional games are played on a rectangular indoor court. Points are scored by striking the shuttlecock with the racquet and landing it within the other team's half of the court, within the set boundaries. Each side may only strike the shuttlecock once before it passes over the net. Play ends once the shuttlecock has struck the floor or ground, or if a fault has been called by the umpire, service judge, or (in their absence) the opposing side. The shuttlecock is a feathered or (in informal matches) plastic projectile that flies differently from the balls used in many other sports. In particular, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Open (badminton)
The Irish International or Irish Open in badminton is an international open held in Ireland since 1902 and is thereby one of the oldest badminton tournaments in the world. It was however interrupted by the two World Wars. This tournament is currently a part of the European Badminton Circuit and takes place at the end of November every year as part of the home nations loop of international tournaments that include the Scottish Open (badminton), Scottish Open and the Welsh Open in consecutive weeks. The tournament for most part and in recent years has been an International Challenge rated event. The recent exception was in 2012, 2017 & 2018 when the tournament was downgraded to International Series due to funding. Recent editions have been held in the Baldoyle Badminton Centre except for 2007 and 2011 tournaments which were held in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. In 2016 the Irish Open moved to the new National Sports Campus, National Indoor Arena in Blanchardstown, Dublin, as the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All England Open
The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premier status in 2011, and designated a Super 1000 event at the birth of the World Tour in 2018. The Super 1000 events, held in four historic strongholds of the sport of badminton (Great Britain, China, Malaysia and Indonesia) are the highest level events below the World Championships and Olympic Games tournaments, and broadly equivalent in stature, though apart from the All-England not in historicity, to the Grand Slam tournaments in tennis. The world's first open tournament was held in the English town of Guildford in 1898, the success of which paved the way for the All England's inaugural edition, which was held at London's Horticultural Halls in 1899. Although the inaugural edition consisted of just the doubles format, the singles were in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 All England Open Badminton Championships
The 1981 John Player All England Open Badminton Championships was the 71st edition of the event. It was held between March 25 and March 29, 1981, in London. Final results Men's singles Seeds Section 1 Section 2 Women's singles Seeds Section 1 Section 2 Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles References * {{All England All England Open Badminton Championships All England Open All England Badminton Championships All England Badminton Championships The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premi ... All England Open Badminton Championships in London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Open (badminton)
The German Open is an annual badminton tournament held in Germany since 1955 (as West Germany) and organized by German Badminton Association or Deutscher Badminton Verband (DBV). The tournaments were not held in the year 1970, 1979 and 1998. Known as German Badminton Championships until 1980, the tournament was later allowed to be known as Open Championships from 1981 on. The tournament is currently sponsored by Yonex. While it does attract professional players, the event is not part of the highest levels of Badminton World Federation tournaments – being classified as a BWF Grand Prix Gold event until 2017, and a Super 300 tournament (6th level) from 2018 on. Host cities * 1955–1962: Bonn * 1963, 1969: Hamburg * 1964: Lübeck * 1965: Bochum * 1966: Hanover * 1967: Frankfurt * 1968: West Berlin * 1970, 1979, 1998: not held * 1971–1974, 1978: Oberhausen * 1975–1977, 1980–1982, 2005–present: Mülheim an der Ruhr * 1983–1986, 1999–2004: Duisburg * 1987–1991: Düssel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Redhead
Kathleen may refer to: People * Kathleen (given name) * Kathleen (singer), Canadian pop singer Places * Kathleen, Alberta, Canada * Kathleen, Georgia, United States * Kathleen, Florida, United States * Kathleen High School (Lakeland, Florida), United States * Kathleen, Western Australia, Western Australia * Kathleen Island, Tasmania, Australia * Kathleen Lumley College, South Australia * Mary Kathleen, Queensland, former mining settlement in Australia Other * ''Kathleen'' (film), a 1941 American film directed by Harold S. Bucquet * ''The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics'' (1892), second poetry collection of William Butler Yeats * Kathleen Ferrier Award, competition for opera singers * Kathleen Mitchell Award, Australian literature prize for young authors * Plan Kathleen, plan for a German invasion of Northern Ireland sanctioned by the IRA Chief of Staff in 1940 * Tropical Storm Kathleen (other) * "Kathleen" (song), a song by Catfish and the Bottlem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Chapman (badminton)
Karen Chapman (née Puttick; born 21 May 1959) is an English retired badminton player. Career She won the bronze medal at the 1983 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Mike Tredgett. She represented England and won two gold medals in the team event and mixed doubles and a bronze medal in the women's doubles, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl .... Achievements World Championships ''Mixed doubles'' World Cup ''Mixed doubles'' Commonwealth Games ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' European Championships ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' European Junior Championships ''Girls' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' IBF World Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Michalowski
Angela may refer to: People * Angela (given name), a feminine name, includes a list of people with the name * Angela (surname), an Italian surname, includes a list of people with the name * Angela (enslaved woman) (fl. 1619–1625), an African woman in the Colony of Virginia Fiction * Angela (character), in the ''Spawn'' and Marvel universes * Angela (Inheritance), a character in the Inheritance Cycle novels * Angela Martin, a character in ''The Office'' * Angela, a character in the '' Gargoyles'' TV series * Angela, a character in the ''Stranger Things'' TV Series * Angela Bower, a character in the TV show ''Who's the Boss?'' Places * Angela, Montana * Angela Lake, in Volusia County, Florida * Lake Angela, in Lyon Township, Oakland County, Michigan * Lake Angela, the reservoir impounded by the source dam of the South Yuba River * Cape Angela, the northernmost point of Africa Music * angela (band), from Japan * ''Angela'' (album) by José Feliciano, 1976 * "Angela" (Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monika Cassens
Monika Cassens ( Thiere, born 28 February 1953) is a German former badminton player. She started her career in Tröbitz. For this club she won 15 national titles. After her marriage to Claus Cassens, she changed to SG Gittersee, a badminton club in Dresden. During her career she won 101 international tournaments. She won 6 Polish Open titles in a row in women's singles and women's doubles, and six titles in mixed doubles. In 1990 she won the Malta International The Malta International is an international badminton tournament held in Malta. This tournament has been a BWF Future Series, Future Series. Maltese National Badminton Championships already started in 1953. Winners Performances by nation .... References *René Born: ''1957–1997. 40 Jahre Badminton in Tröbitz – Die Geschichte des BV Tröbitz e.V.'', self-published (1997), 84 pages.Online version *René Born: ''Badminton in Tröbitz (Teil 1 – Die Anfänge, die Medaillengewinner, die Statistik)'', self- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nora Perry (badminton)
Nora Perry MBE ( Gardner, born 1954) is an English badminton player noted for her anticipation, racket control, and tactical astuteness. A doubles specialist, Perry won numerous major titles, with a variety of partners, from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. These included six All-England mixed doubles and two All-England women's doubles championships. She won both the 1980 IBF World Championships and the 1980 European Championships in women's doubles with Jane Webster. Three years later, she won the 1983 IBF World Championships title in mixed doubles with Thomas Kihlström. Partnered with Mike Tredgett, they became the first ever world number one mixed doubles pairing in the inaugural IBF world ranking release in 1978. Generally regarded as one of the greatest female mixed doubles players in the game's history, in 1999 she was inducted into the World Badminton Hall of Fame. Early and personal life Nora Gardner was born on 15 June 1954 in Newcastle. Since her junior career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Open (badminton)
The Dutch Open is an annual badminton tournament held in the Netherlands for the first time in November 1931 and is currently organized by Badminton Nederland. It is a part of the European Badminton Circuit. Past winners Performances by nation References External linksOfficial website {{Badminton competitions Dutch Open (badminton), Badminton tournaments in the Netherlands 1931 establishments in the Netherlands Recurring sporting events established in 1932 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
