BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS
THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1986,
GEORGE MA BOWS OUT TO S. K. WONG; EBRAHIM UPSETS ROBERT TAY
By "TOUCHWOOD”
The hopes of schoolboy shuttler George Ma of the Craigengower Cricket Club of winning a fourth title evaporated into thin air last night when he was eliminated by his rival, S. K. Wong of the Chinese YMČA, in the opening round of the Colony Men's Open Singles Championship at the Indian Recreation Club. Wong won 15-12, 14-17, 17-15.
the night
Ma was recently crowned Junior Triple Champion in this year's Championships and in his marathon duel with Wong for the ascendancy, the two Champions battled each other to a standstill and only sound defence and a great Oghling heart gave the latter the match and brought him a step nearer to winning his first major Utte.
Upset al
was the Championships. Ebrahim won, At this stage services changed defel of top-meded Robert Tay, | 11-15, 15-7, 15-14,
hands seven times before there former Colony Singles Cham- While others much younger was any further scoring and plou, who bowed nut to M.A. than Tay
have long ago hung when Wong reached 14-11. Ma Buahini afuer scintillating up their rackets, I for our take struck a good patch to reel off display. Tay Won the opening my hat off to him for ha annual three points in tow for # set at 10-11, but in the sub- participation in the Colonydeuce.
quent sets he was on the lasing tuted com rally ofler rally sapped Bol oty his starnima but also has determination to stay in the
Roshan Khan Clears First
W
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The decider saw both Ma and
in IL Jung ding-dong struggle for polnis Wong took icods of 3-1, 6-2 und 8-5, but at the CCC change
courts, the shuttler erepl
6-8 after up to several lung rallies and even- tuully was the first to reach 201 pot
With the score al
14-11 In favour
Ma. S.K.
Wong's steadiness and better judgment a deuce for won bim
the best of three points and it was then
Championships. As it is, there Ma's hard smashing earned are too few competitors both in him the next few points and he the Junior and Senior events to
to took set at 17-14. Įinake The tournament a truly |compellive one and If more people like Thy would enter.
sure his exultiple would make the Championshilp more at- Linctive.
In the Ladies' Open Singles. tourner title holder, Miks Helen Kwong joined Miss Diana Yung Im the Anal when she subitued Migs May Wong 11-2, 11-2 in jthe zenil-ltrais last night, As
the scores indeate, this London, Mar. 22
ITDIch Khum
Jacked the thrills that were ex- (Pakistan) win the British [pected in this encounter. lates open squash rackels cham- pionship this year, took only a qumter of an hour to beat "the- Rhodesian.
D. 1. Hodgson,
Round Easily
Itendin favourile to
the Arst round of the etunimpior. shaky at the LandsdowIN Club Today The score was 9-1, 1-0,
4.D
Hordan's stipriosity was up- partent frumu Chr start anci
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TIRED OUT
M. A Mun's
The Robert Tay Ebrahim dinh dai the Open Singles zaw the furmer Champion of hhe best in the opening Sef Tay made his by unges opponent run all over The court with the drives, heat
bunkhound
suf an casional ethash that had Ebra- Pur foundering.
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La demorailsed Ma who practical- ly threw the game away by his errors for Wong to win set and match at 1-15.
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Following were the results of yesterday's matches:
Senior Men's Singles
M. A. Ebrahen beat 1. Tay, 11-13, 15-7, 15-11.
S. K. Wong beat George MP, 15-12, 14-17, 17-15.
Holgun was compelled to be
defassive throughout 16 1 Autog radlies, in this
Wong Wai-hang beat F. M. The Ikistani will mert M.
match took the wind | Rozarių, 15-11, 15-7. Bandar of E
2 the swatted out of Hobert Tay
his and Foutlet in what may well be the de mal showing in the scenek int match of the champion- lenanden Eurahin to ke 100
Dade, making his drag match of the campkaiship today best M Muhtadi (Ergland) V-3. 9-1, 3-6 with burrieune di
lay of hitting and strokes re.
Wakker at the
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who pupil he
France-Pres
at 15-7 to force a rubber.
Tay look to the court for the veider looking none the worse fter the two hard-fought seks. Experience stood Tay in good stemt and before Ebrahim could
Senior Ladies' Singles Helen Kwony beat Mary Wang, 11-2, 11-2.
Senior Mixed Doubles Jimmy Koo and Stella Correa beal Shu Chuen and Ullan Khoo, 16-13, 15-11.
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State Probe Of Czech Ice Hockey Players
Lack Team Spirit
By RONALD FARQUHAR
Prague.
Czechoslovak ice hockey fans are expecting a drastic reorganisation among players and officials of their national team-which toured Britain last November-following its unexpectedly poor showing at the 1956 Olympic Winter Games at Cortina.
used
this
Ice hockey is Czechoslovakia's national sport and supporters are still discussing why the country finished second bottom in the final pool, winning only one game, after confident expectations that she would gain at least third place.
The Czechoslovaks
to up modern ice hockey for the ping and holding an opponent, MAZING PA of his countryman, et his touch he was trailing
pride themselves on having the first time in 1948. The Soviet when he does not have the puck, Matanod Karin:
Lines 14-11 tes
Ice hockey side tu coach, Cherishey, will be in the novopaper added, On deep breath, several
8 pan-Men's Senior Doubles strongest championship, artly placed shots and a fow
Their failure Europe.
at vited to lecture to Czechoslovak Usually they got away with Sunthorn Suphaphon and Das been
as some-coaches. good mashes by Ebrahim thed Kamol Sutvanit
at home.
although all visit- y Jimmy Koo Cortina is regarded
thing of a national sporting dis- The state sports committee's Ing foreign clubs compînin the store at 11-11 and set and and George Ma,
official
Cesko- about It, newspaper
but they were im- mulet
at 8.30 P.m-Senior
Ladiesaster,
Crilles seeking the reasons for slovensky
has denied mediately penalised at Cortina, Doubles Ulion Khoo ad Margie
It have attacked almost every rumours
that at Cortina theit sold. Cinder Rozario
Ho
and branch of the sport here.
They Czechoslovait team hung around Another criticism Doruthy Lam.
drunk and in preparation for Cortina the accused players of being con-night clubs, got celted. pampered
eetin "prima quarrelled and that some of the national
many played lacking
camaraderie players did not even greet each games against foreign sides but and
They other in the street. lighting spirit.
many of them were too weak blamed club
officials
to be a proper test. for lax
The team never once played in the forma- discipline and "crawling before
tion It finally adopted in the the players."
Olympic Games.
BADMINTON
15-11.
Hongkong To Meet Malaya Ind
Uber Cup
London, Mar. 22. Malaya and Hongkong meet the first round of The Women's International Badmin- tun Championship (Asian Zone) for the Uber Cup, It was on- nounced today. Hongkong
the choice of courts.
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India, the only other country competing in the Asian Zone,
receive
□ bye. New Zealand win the Australasian zone on a walkover.
The first round in the Astan Zone must be played off by September 30, and the anal
round by December 31.
The Inter-Zone
tics will be
held in Britain next year.
The Uber Cup is the first in- ternational team championship for women to be held on the Bes of the Men's Thomas Cup competition. All ties will consist ut three
singles and four doubles
The International Badminton Federation recently accepted the offer of Mrs H. S. Uber, England player, to present
the 赫
trophy and the new champion-
ship will take place every threa years.
England, Denmark and the United States are favourites to become frat holders of the cup. Malays, who have dominated the Thomas Cup since its in- ception, have not yet reached the same high standard in the women's game.-Reuter,
went
Ebrahim
MA v. WONG
In the other Men's Singles dest round mateli, George Ma collected six points in a row in the opening set before errors wooddshota enabled his
draw level and Opponent to
and then go on to take set at 16-12. It was Wong who shot ahrod in the next set for an 8-3 lead, but George Ma fought back, levelled the score and lext 10-8.
Sports Diary
TODAY
Gel Faniing Golf, Smalley Cup Pinal.
Athletic Inter-School Sports, heats at South China Stadium.
TOMORROW
Soccer Shield Final:
Serjor Shield: Eastern v Kitchee (1k Stadium) 4.45 p.m.
Juntor Shield: Easters v KMB (IK Stadium) pm.
5 p.
1st Division: Army v Club (Navy
2nd Division: Jardines (Navy) 3,30 p.m.
Y
Army
ard Division; RAMC v Telephone and REME v RMB. Happy Unitey 330 p.m.; Tramways Soncitors, Dockyard Little Balwan, Happy Valley 5 pm.
V
9 p.m.-Men's Senior Singles -Sunthorn Suphaphon y S.K. WIRIR,
Senfor
V
9.30
p.m.-Men's Singles Kamol Sutvanil Wong Wal-hung.
Only Two HK Boxers Survive In FARELF Boxing At Singapore
donas,
coch
other
wis
that
"Unfortunately nothing hap pened," the newspaper said. "We would be glad if the boys They also spoke of disputes would quarrel healthily among
The newspaper
also blamed ten between conches and officials themselves, about the selcelion of the clearly what they thought and much of the team's fallure on influence of national team, criticised its go into the next game with a
unsatisfactory state of preparations for Cortina
fighting and new
But the spirit." about the general instead they just sat looking Czechoslovak club hockey. complained
Most good players re conduct of lee hockey in Qis into the fire, not saying a loud
Interested in the country.
word."
their individual clubs
hathan in
It
A State committee which controls all sport here took so seriously that it spent three Hongkong's Army boxers are weeks investigating the fatture not faring very
the after the team well in
returned from FARELE Individual Champion the Winter Games.
ships currently being held In Singapore. Latest reports in-
OUTMODED TACTICS
to the
winning a
harmful
are less of
#ucces
The players
place in a represento- nover properly got together as a team on or off tive ide and travelling abroad, the fee and neither the team which brings "certain advant- coach, Mr Visdimir Bouzek, nor ages and material gain." This WES bad for team spirit, the other afficials were able tỏ rơm medy this, said the newspaper. I newspaper sald.
It summed up
the team's
Clubmates and officials left at
dicated that only two out of It criticised the bad play thus: "If individual players humo rot jealous and this
pore).
Hongkong's only other victory was registered by SI Madden of the APTC. It beat Pte Webster of Singapore.
According to press reports
are
GRAND NATIONAL
Carey's Cottage Is Now Joint Favourite With Sundew And Must
London, Mar, 22.
Backers rushed to get their money on Carey's Cottage at tonight's Victoria Club callover on Saturday's Grand National steeplechase, to be run over four miles, 856 yards at Aintree, Liverpool,
Carey's Cottage was in the race last year, and tonight backed to win £25,000. His price tumbled from 22-1 to 100-9, at which odde he is now joint favourite with Sundew and Must.
Carey's Collage will be rid den on Saturday by English Jockey Bob Turnell,
was not
Devon Loch, owned by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, heavily backed and remained at, his previous odds af 100-8. Sundew was in heavy demand and was supported to win £14,000.
WEEK-END TEAMS
solected
Following players have been To represent their respective teams in their cricket matches over the week-end:
ARMY SOUTH
Armorial Third, High Guard and Merry Windsor were ali I Division (Away) y INC: -- Maj backed to win between R 12,- Wall Capt Simm, Capt Boxall, Li Chubb (Capt), Rev Williams, Capt
000 and £14,000; while
other Bedron, Lt Crook, 2/Lt Cars, RSM
candidates supported wero Martin, 8/5g1 Jessop. Gnr Yates. Gentle Moya, Border Luck. Victory Morn and Eagle Lodge,
CLOSING ODDS
Closing prices were: 100-9
Sundew.
Carey's Cottage,
100-8 Devon Loch.
Must
100-7 ES B. Pippykin. 18-1
Armorlot Three
21-1 High Guard.
Gentle Moya,
Umpire: Won Barnes -- § 7d Pk San R. Scorer: Mrs Chubb,
2nd Division (Away) v IRC: - Chislett, 2/Li Johnson, WO II Hui- bert, S/Bgt News, Bat Perry, Cpt Chapman Cpi Grant, L/Cpl Simpsoḥ, Cin Foucher. One Ingham, Pte Pol- ith man: Onr Jomson; Um- pire: Sgt Simmons; Scoror: WQ 1
and Jard,
SCORPIONS
1 Division (Home) v KCC: -- H. Owen-llughes, D.W. Leach, P.V. and Dodge, F.A. Weller, TA, Pearce, 2.1.5. HD.W.J. Clarke, W.it, Pinniger J.D. Whineray, H.D. Miller, R.H. Campion Umpire: P.
J. Hart; Seover; J. Smith. It unable
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25-1 Early Mist, Mariner's Log to play please telephone D.W. Leach, and Merry Windsor,
28-1 Key Royal, Royal Ton and Outray,
40-1 Reverend Prince. 06-1 Athenian and no response, 100-1 Upwards Others.-- Reuter
Home Soccer Fixtures For Saturday
Following are the Home
cer fixtures for tomorTOW:
Birmingham
Burnley
Charlton
Everton Luton
First Division
Manchester U. Nowgastle Prenton Sheffield U. Tottenham West Brom
Barnsley Bristol Bury
✓ Blackpool
✓ Sunderland
v Wulves
✓ Cardin
* Aston Villa v Potton
v Huddersfield Y Portsmouth
Arenal
CCC
1st Division (Home) v PRC: -0. Hung Choy, P.3. Rig, B.P, Dhabi her, H.P. Madar, F.J. Billimoris, K.M. Watkins, C.E. Abbas, A., leall R.N. Manley, P.A. Croma A.N. Other.
RECREIO
Ist Division (Away) v Navy:-E.L. Goiano (Capt), M.A. d'Almada ste- medios, LG, Gosano, A.E. Norvalia. DE. d'Almada Immedios 1.3 d'Almada Remedios, R.A. d'Almada Ramedios, A.P. Guterres, Jr, E.J. Nuronka, A.P. Pereira, Jr. A.M. Prata. Scorer: LG. D'Almada Re- medios
2nd Division (Home) v KGV;-Ç.A. Yvanovich, A.A. Alonco, V.L Cor rea. D.F. Castro, C.A. d'Almada Remedius, G. Noronha, B. Nunes, E.J. Loureiro, L.A. da LAZ M. Sousa, D. McGrana.
KCC
lat Division (Away) Scorpions:-- soc-duuford F. Findlay. V. Fairhall, R. A. Zimunern, Wild. Davidson, M.
y Manchester C.
Chelsea
Second Division
Fulkom Leeds Middlesbrough
Natta C. Port Vale Rotherham Swansea West Ham
• Doncaster
Natting on Bristol R.
→ Blaka
y Plymouth
v Sheffield W.
• Liverpoot
✓ Blackburn
T Licoln
v Leicester Y Hull
Thied Divizian (North)
Aldershot Brighton Crystal Palace Ipwwich
Newport Northampton Queen's P.B. Shrewsbury Southampton Swindon Torquay Walsall
→ Colchester Exeter
V
Leyton
Brentford
v Millwall
Y Norwich
V Bournemouth
Coventry
v Southend
v Gillingham
* Reading
* Watford
Third Division (North)
Bradford C.
Crewo Derby Halifax Harilaponia Manafield Oldham Scunthorpe Blookpart Workington Wrexham York
v Southport
Carlisle Übester TranmerW
Y Grimsby ▼ Rochdale
Darlington V Gateshead
Bradford Aperioglo Chesterfield Y Darrow
Scottish Logue "A"
Clyde Dundoo Dunfermline Hibernian Motherwell Baith Rangers St Maron Burling
V Hearts
✓ Parilek
v East Fife
eight Hongkong boxers have got education of players, out or a defence or attack line is showed itself in club matches
the
olher after the national players had preliminary stages of moded tactics, too many inter-playing well-and the past the tournament. Pio Smith
The newspaper sald, of national matches and too little team permits it then we can returned. the Northamptonshire Regi- attention to home competitions. play nice hockey and win. But "We often hear on the ion such ment seat Hongkong's flag dying, As remedies it proposed casting when we meet a good opponent tronic remarks as 'If you are to the top of the masts with a a wider net in the search for and
not
player, go and framediately the national brilliant win
OVET defending national team
con- successful or lose one or two skate, I won't do it for you,”” players, FARELY heavyweight title-centrating on developing young goals, then our collective breaks
Bad behaviour and in- holder Cpl Key (RAMC Singa-blood and systematically check-into pieces,"
discipline
often by playere ing on players" "education” and coaches work.
NOT TOUGH ENOUGH goes unpunished because officials are afraid to drop them from "The newspaper complained the team, even for a brief spell, the committee decided to tighten that playera
were not tough |în cảso they transfer to other up discipline among players and enough and blamed this on to clubs which will tolerate their transfer regulations. Spuris fans inficient hard training. Other results were as follows: say that this is probably linked "In Gnr Donnelly (27 HAA Regt) with the "educational"
Olymple lost to Cin Reh Chong-hal and Division:
The reports nito say that there mes not one of our defenders (Singapore); Flannagan (27will be
gave an opponent a bodycheck," "South": DBS v University: KCC
drive to improve it said. After one defeat a Sometimes a player, after a "Hornel" Navy Regres ↑ KGV: Singapore), te Sote man playing winndards and the com-stocky, tough-looking forward, gave the loo and the stadium Army North KCC "Warpa"
Allion (1 will pick a "nursery
" ice Arbroath University "A" RAY.
thamptons) lost to Try Blower about 80 most promising juniors hard that the tears, were really without word
20 Iockey
to anybody. AFT Ladies League: KGY
(Malaya); L/Cpl Meigh (North and ****
them groom
tor the flooding from his eyes and he Instead of punishing bins Berwick Victorio
p.m.; Gremuna v Staffs) lost to L/Cpl Pieters national side.
Montrase officials ask him to come back naked to be sent home, CCC (B8) 2.30 pm.
St Johnstone (Malaya): L/Bde Melver (27 Rowing
Chechoslovakia will also turn
Stenmuir Although the Cachoslovaks and play in the next game, the HAA Regt) lost to Sgam Raja- for advice to the Soviet Union, do not play a tough game they newspaper sald, Annual Oxford Cambridge Boot ram (Singapore); Pia Allison winners
Stranraer Hace in England.
Third Lenark of the 1950 Olympic make up for if with unfair Steeplechasing
(RAOC) lost to Sgt Grimes tournament, The Grand National in England. (Malaya),
whom she helped tricks like bringing their sticks
4th Division: Kowloon Godown Hallandia, Happy Valley 5.30 pm, All v Dodwell, Happy Valley B pan. Crickof 1st Divisiona
Army "South" IRC: CCC v Polleo: Scorpions V KCC: Navy v Recreio; RAP v Army "Worth".
IRC · Arny
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BURROUGH'S
LONDON DRY GIN
Among tho. Olymple team dual criticism was tall, dark handsome centre foe, Vladimir Zabrodsky, now Dearing the votees stage. Said the nows- paper of him: - He always kept aloof and gave the impetation | that her lindi omne into the team
tu "the perfect players and not
to help to knit it together.
It
of disapproved Zabrodsky and two other team member,
misa
Girt and .
Kluc
being members
Dusen of S.
Y Aberdeen V Falkirk
Celtic Aindrio
Kilmarnock
Scottish League "E"
V Brechin
* Queen's P.
V Allos
v Jamilton * Morters
• Cowdenbeath V Dumbarton
Fortar
Zatopek Will Retire After The Olympics
Czech
Berlin, Mar, 22. ‚irljše, Gold medal
Jenner, B.C.N. Carnell, D. Ball, F. FRUM, Č Ship, R. Bell 12th man: M. Laing, Umpire: R. Hail; Beorer: Ma C. Bab.
forno (Home) v Royal Navy)--- S.V. Gittin, C.S. Namage. N. Hart Daker, A.J. Catley, L. Daily, R.R.. Dickinson, R.G. Heron, F.R. Ker mani, Kenneth Lo, J, Marshall, 0. Webster. 12th man: N. Del; Umpire:
LP. Quincey; Scorer: Mr Calley.
JANGDAWS Shanghal "Jangdaws" "Chop sticks" on Sunday, March 25 at 11.30 em, at Chater Hoad:=N.P. Fox, A. Graham, J. Shroff, P.R. Ragi, H. Madar. A.E.V. Brown, L.F. Blokes L.D. Klbec, G.M. MUM. D.W. Lesch, V.V.W. Fretwell. Umpire: F. Marshall: Scorer: T.W.R. Wilson.
unable to play please telephone D.W. Leach, 20110.
INTERNATIONAL
BADMINTON
Sonneville Scalps A Scotsman In 45 Minutes
of
the
London, Mar. 22 Ferry Sonneville, Indonesian holder the Malayan Opon Championship, took 48, minutes to best Alistair Russell (Scot- Land) in the second round of the Men's Singles of national Invitation tournament here tonight, neville won 9-15 15-6 15-7.
Russell, varying his tactics, Sonneville worried in the Arst set,
set, and won comfortably
hind
15-9.
T
inter- badminton
Son-
In the second, Sonneville took ten minutes to establish a lead, but then the Indonesian never looked back.
Tho tiring Scot found Sonneville's hard shots from the base line difficult to counter, but he received a tremendous from the 3,000 Įspectators for his display.
Reuter.
ovation
"I Will Fight On"
would
Says Toweel
Johannesburg, S. Africa,
Mar. 22. willight on. Emakow have wanted ft that way," Willle Towec) said today when informed that Hubert Easdkow, whom he knocked out the 11th round of a bout on Monday night, had died in a hospital.
in
D
Enkow, who,, suffered haemorrhage of the brain, died Iaht
night after being un- Bar Olympic winner, Emil Zatopen conscious since he was signed ald in at Barlin today that by Taweel. A post mortem coaches onmall which helps to be would definitely retire from will be held tomorrow.
active sport Immediately after Exoris to avo the Malbourne Olympic Games Bite by Iron Jung and dehydra
the boxer's this year, to
tion therapy failed,
pick the nailormi toum.
of
It, Gladowed strict betwrence: the council and the low hockey section of the stato sporta com- Zatopek, who ta visiting Dost |unities | whichs showed thuit Berlin, mid he would spend the
the weation zajected the | post of his life, no mi venporta soriginal team di malecheck by, this instruidor, but would dominus | coaches › for © Certina said, mibe to sopra
Monday's bout – was do have eon for Toweels South African rthetweight Stitio, birt w fought as an wangethe wadaha