Queenie Mary Allen (December 1911 — 2 August 2007), later Queenie Webber, was an English

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player from the 1930s into 1950s. She won the women's doubles title at the

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in 1949 with

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. She also won international competitions in Denmark, Scotland, South Africa, Ireland, and France.

Career

Allen competed in the 1934 All England Badminton Championships. At the 1948 South African Badminton Championships, Allen won in the women's doubles category, with her partner Betty Uber. In 1947, 1948, and 1949, she won the women's singles category at the

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; she also won the women's doubles category at the Irish Open in 1947 and 1949 with Betty Uber, and the mixed doubles category in 1949 with Harold Marsland. She won the women's singles category at the Scottish Open in 1948, 1949, and 1950; she also won the women's doubles category at the Scottish Open with Betty Uber in 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, and 1953. At the

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, she won the mixed doubles title with Malaysian player

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in 1951 and 1952, and the ladies doubles title with Audrey Stone in 1951. At the

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, Allen won in the women's doubles category, with her partner Betty Uber, and finished as a runner-up in the mixed doubles category, with her partner

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."All England Bandminton Championship Winners"
All England Badminton. At the

1951 All England Badminton Championships The 1951 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Empress Hall, Earls Court, London, England, from 7–11 March 1951. Final results Queenie Allen married and competed as Queenie Webber. Men's singles Section 1 Sect ...

, Queenie Webber (using her married name) finished as a runner-up in the women's doubles category, with her partner Mavis Henderson. She played in the first badminton games broadcast on television in the United Kingdom, and her colleague recalled, "We had been told that white did not televise well, so that we must all wear colours no matter what they were. Queenie wore a blue skirt and yellow shirt, and I wore a black skirt and red-and-white shirt."

Singing

Queenie Allen-Webber was also a contralto singer. She performed in concert at

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in 1955.

Personal life

Queenie Allen married F. G. Webber. She died at a rest home in Sussex in 2007, aged 95 years."Deceased Estates notice for Queenie Allen-Webber"
''The Gazette''(September 2007).

Achievements

International tournaments (20 titles, 16 runners-up)

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Women's doubles''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, Queenie English female badminton players 1911 births 2007 deaths 20th-century English sportswomen