1951 Irish Badminton Close

1951 Irish Close Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates30 November 1951 (1951-11-30)–
8 December 1951 (1951-12-08)
VenueGarda Recreation Hall, The Depot, Phoenix Park[1]
LocationDublin, Ireland
← 1950 1952 →

The 1951 Irish Close Badminton Championships was a national closed badminton tournament held in the Garda Recreation Hall, The Depot, Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland from 30 November to 8 December 1951.[1]

Final results

Category Winners[2] Runners-up
Men's singles F.W. Peard J.P. Doyle
Women's singles J. Lawless D. Donaldson
Men's doubles F.W. Peard
J.J. Fitzgibbon
J.P. Doyle
J.K.D. Lacey
Women's doubles N. Conway
B. Good
J. Lawless
D. Donaldson
Mixed doubles F.W. Peard
D. Donaldson
J.J. Fitzgibbon
B. Good

Men's singles

Below is an attempt to reconstruct the men's singles tournament fixtures, as reported in various newspapers:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Record Badminton Entry". The Irish Press. 1 December 1951.
  2. 1 2 "Irish Close Badminton Titles". The Irish Times. 10 December 1951.
  3. ↑ "Badminton Tests Get Under Way". Irish Independent. 1 December 1951.
  4. ↑ "Close Badminton championships". The Irish Times. 1 December 1951.
  5. ↑ "Irish Badminton Close Titles". The Irish Times. 3 December 1951.
  6. ↑ "For badminton close titles". The Irish Times. 5 December 1951.
  7. ↑ "Close Badminton Championships". The Irish Times. 6 December 1951.
  8. ↑ "Progress In Badminton Title Tests". Irish Independent. 6 December 1951.
  9. ↑ "Irish Badminton Close". The Irish Press. 6 December 1951.
  10. ↑ "Ailesbury Pair Take Badminton Title". The Irish Press. 7 December 1951.
  11. ↑ "Irish Badminton Championships". Irish Independent. 7 December 1951.
  12. ↑ "Ailesbury Junior Players Do Well". The Irish Times. 7 December 1951.
  13. ↑ "Interesting play in Badminton tests". The Irish Times. 8 December 1951.
  14. ↑ "Ulster Joins Bid For Badminton Titles". Irish Independent. 8 December 1951.
  15. ↑ "Irish Close Badminton". The Irish Press. 8 December 1951.
  16. ↑ "Badminton". Belfast Newsletter. 8 December 1951.