1951-04-10 — Page 6

CHAMPIONS AND RUNNERS-UP

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1951. .tagr

CHAMPIONS DETHRONED: The 1950-1951 Badminton Championships just recently concluded saw the dethronement of Robert Tay and Miss Marie Ribeiro (right), Colony Mixed Doubles Champions for the last two years by Low Kent Soo and Miss Winnie Cheang (left),

Another highlight of this year's championships was the triple success of Miss Winnie Cheung, who won the Ladles" Singles, Ladies' Doubles and Mixed Doubles. titles. She became the first player to achieve this feat since the Ladles Singles event was introduced two years ago.

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MORE NEW CHAMPIONS: Completing the completely new list of Ch mpions In the Colony senior events this year were Ramon Young (2nd from left) and Low Keat Soo (3rd from left), who triumphed over the holders, C. K. Lee (left) and W. F. Foo (right), in two straight sets in the final. Ramon Young is also the new Colony Singles Champion, having defeated Foo in the final in two sets.

PROMISING YOUNGSTERS: Two of the most promising youngsters in this year's championships were undoubtedly Recreio's Francis Rozario and Tony Souza (left). Francis was just recently crowned triple champion in the intra-club annual

Recreio tournament.

In the finals of the Colony Junior Men's Doubles Championship the pair caused a major surprise when they eliminated the top-seeded University pair of L. H. Tan and S. T. Hooi (right) in two straight sets Photos by China Mail Staff Photographer.

Malayans Invited Arthur Peall says:

To Oslo Tourney THESE SHOTS REDUCE

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Oslo, Apr. 9.

Malaya's best badminton play-

SNOOKER FOULS

BADERS PRcted by the “Cur Wong Pang-Soon, Ongas Touching Poh-lim, Ismail Bin Marjan and should note that Booker ruto

Cheong Hock-Leng, have been invited by the Norwegian Bad- minton Federation to take part

in an International tournament

in Oslo on April 18 and 19, it announced today-As-

sociated Pres

•

HOME SOCCER

· Landon, Apr. 9.

Abe following were "the_wo-

milia of football matches play-

ed today:TTEN AN

„THIRD DIVISION

DAN SOUTHERN

International

ARGONAUT" Reviews The Badminton Season

THE LEAGUE SYSTEM DOES NOT HELP THE STANDARD OF SINGLES PLAY

Improvement In Junior Ranks Promises Much For The Future

Whether or not badminton in Hongkong will eclipse tennis in popularity, one development may be safely predicted. Given adequate Facilities and proper direction it will not be long before four-figure at tendances at these games become common and participation in interna- tional events a regular affair,

A record crowd of approximately 500 spectators at the last day's finals of the recently concluded annual championships, the very keen competition shown in all events of the tournament, and the high standard displayed particularly by the up and coming junior and lady players, all gave ample evidence of the rapid rate of pro- gress made in this branch of sport during the past year.

Bouquets have been showered on deserving players and officials, but yet, sur veying these record achievements of the past season, one feels that a great deal more could have been done towards improving the standard of the players and making the game more enjoyable from both the player's and spectator's point of view.

A recountal of foilures, d-Committee in botting K. P... appointments and shortcomings Chong of Techndent

College mot during the short space of participate in the Schoolboys' a year will serve a far more everés. useful purpose this

and

review,

the

interest taken by While at the present moment, players and officials alike in the Junior standard is undoubt- correcting these and the wildly much higher t

that

com-

Ingross

to profit by lessons of the Schoolboys, this learnt will considerably ac-parison is immaterial, in vlow celerate the progress o the of the consideram that

years to come the Schoolboys' standard will probably be the higher one.

game.

Deserving first consideration is the annual inter-club lengue. The 1950-1951 season, like most A more significant point is seasons in the past, cannot be the disparity in age. No matter ski to have been a maccess how good a boy may be, it is It started

promisingly, then aboard to pit him at 13 or 14 struck the doldrums as port against a full grown youngster ponements predominated dur- of 21. ing the middle of the season, A suggestion that the School and ended in a spate of walk-

only the top teams boos event be subdivided into overs ng

a junior and senior group, ac interest in finishing

dismissed fixtures before thening to age, was

with a shrug at a Champion ship Committee meeting but it Support for the two sonfor

the

responsible officits divilons, Men's "A" and Mixed to get any responts from our Doubles "A" was disappointing, young talent next year, W Tooks as though some provisions of both attracting two Chineso YMCA entries and becoming this nature are necessary.

Book any off their dondime.

are

an intra-club rather than a ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT

inter-club affair.

Chuilty of

Williage,

Ranking Lists

SCHOOLBOY CHAMPION: Subject of controversy! in this year's championships was the participation of K. P. Chong (right) of Technical College. In the School' boys' events. Chong is 21-years old and had already won the Colony Junior Doubles title in 1948. Chong was however defented in the semi-finals of the Doubles event, and in the Singles final was given a hard fight by: La Salle's Johnny Pomeroy (left), who with his brother Gerald won the Schoolboys Doubles crown.

Henry Longhurst Welcome

on GOLF

Strangers

Going together with this review there inadvertently is the difficult task set by popular request of compiling a ranking list for the year.

For this, participation in the Championship games I see that Bob Harlow,

As my space notes iba end, must needs be a necessary who in the golden days was have not shown them yet the their tour has only begun. We qualification and the form Walter Hagen's manager, is heather-and-silver

birch golf" during these games. the to conduct + party of of Woking Addington, Berk- main guiding point.

American golfers to Britain shire and Sunningdale the following ure my ratings of pionship.

With these points in mind, to coincide with the cham have not spiked Hongkong's top five in

or marvelled at cach

At the lower As the rain patters on at Saunton, or declared the 5th the window panes, what fun MEdenhall hablayable, or it is to plan their itinerary. Aberdovey with

ali Cardigan We must give them, in

Bay behind the addition to their statutory Huntercombo in bluebell time. ---

But what is the use of com- |ing for 30 days? come for a year,

of the championship events:-

SENIOR MEN'S SINGLEB

1, Ramon Young:

C, K. Loo;

2, Robert Tay;

3, W. F. Foo;

4,

for

be

Another aspect of the game the postponement

shows room offence was mainly University, which st occasioned by their players improvement is what may more important academic call-Since its introduction in 1870

bermed ad "count etiquette" Ings and such beams like in the

of Badmin- Chung Wahl and Tytam, who fon

the were without their own courts,

goane of badminton has diaken DIVISION AT A TIME off much of the "parish hall"

or "drawing room" aur and A

happy solution to these taken its place as one of the problems

appears

most strenuou sponts

today, bo spreading of the League season | buit

this tho throughout the summer months. It will relieve the congestion

bo

in the problem of courts, and one division is run at a time, the various participating clubs will be in a better post- tion to enter a greater number. of temera than they have Hitherto dove,

If tennis can be played un-

the direct rays of the Sumner Gum, I certainly possible for badminton to be played tukloors.

are taken

to

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Lakas atopa encourage this game to be played throughout the year, the standard of badmintx never go beyond thas of the mediocre in Hongloong, where each player has to find ogada his bearings at the beginning of every now.

The League system welt

the

London Express Baratos

big

tect distant, makes

should DOVED up before up-matches are still played in- praisal in view of the fact that doors, with spectators as near It has done very little to fan-na three prove the standard of singles drawing room etiquette still an play, which has a more important part of the game and, portant role to International maicos alt

the difference be- competitions.

twee a populiar and an - popular winner.

That

in It.

ful

P

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SENIOR MEN'S DOUBLES

od

the

They

tarm

at

Let them Then they

obligations at Birkdale and Porthcawl, a representative sample.

will know that, while we may Landing them for convenience we have got the golf,

not have the golfers, at least at Prestwick, let us start them of with James McHale's ex- perience of last summer In taking a cab from the airport and standing on the first tea at Troon within 15 hours of leav ing, the United States. Wo Imagine Troon as it was Marie in the Open, with the sm

beaming down

day and

1, K. S., Low and R. Young; 2. C. K., Lee and W. F. Foo; 3, P. H. Wong and D. C. Lau; 4, Robert Tay and x. P. Yoong

5, J. A, Soares and H. F. Gonsalves.

SENIOR MIXED DOUBLES

K. S. Low and Winnie 1, Cheung:

2, Robert Tay and Ribeiro

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.3, C. K, Leo and Ivy Choong; Alisa Craig and Irlay and the

4, P. H. Wong and Ullan Khoo:

5. M. T. Lam and Elvie Trok.

- LADIES'-SINGLES

1, Winnie Cheung;

Ulian Khoo:

3, Ivy Choong;

Mario Ribeiro;

5, Gloria Silva,

1,

Khoos

LADIES', DOUBLES

Winnie Cheung and Ullan

2. Ivy Choong and Dorothy Lam;

9 Mylthie Gonsalves Margaret Xavier;

4, Olga Ribeiro;

Silva.

Silva

and

and Marie

Melvio Soares and Gloria

JUNIOR MEN'S SINGLES 1, C. C. Won

2, L. H: Tan;

3, F. W. Kwong,

4, S. T. Hool;

...

0, Francis Rozario, JUNIOR MEN'S DOUBLES

A. J. Souza and F. M. Rozario,

K. "H. Tau and S. T. Hood; Chin and E. H.

2.

3,

Brown and J. A.

4, A. W.

5. K. F. Chiu and A. "Ho. JUNIOR MIKED DOUBLES 1, M. T. Lam and Dorothy

4

Lam;"

2, K. C. Wong and Elvie Took;

'greater encouragement is needed in this department of Ike tennis, the conventional the game was distinctly shown) attire is always write, and not by the poor number of entries the multicoloured dress favour Chin; In the last Senior Men's Singles od by some of our shuttler. and Ladies Championship, and A full chapter has been devoted Soares, the physical undiness of a this subject of court etiquette mumber of those who took part in her book, "The Badminton Rocket," by Betty Uber, one of Will it not serve a more use the outstanding players Eng

purpose if the Men's and and has Ladies League be run on the har dos Prodied, und anong

and "do mota"

tre Thomas Cup

but courteous to your oppon- modifying it to 21 points for ent and respect your partner's

3. KY. Tro and Mrs K. W. cash game, There will be the ability

to pick the shut. Tso;

4,3. A. Source nad Bernadine same number of nine sets for the for your opponent, however each match, consisting of five exhausted you may be,

even Remedioo; it is on the other skle dire singles and four doubles.

A rule requiring different cept the umpire's or

ndi bub acare to side of the linesman's players to play in the singles decision and doubles will bring in seven and lastly,

without annoyance", "never make ex- players for each team is op cuses when you mos shot or to six In the present when you lose the game ard system.

be a generous whmer".

system,

.

Hockey Matches pod

This Sunday THE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Quinn

M. Quim and Yolly SCHOOLBOYS! SINGLES

1, K. P. Chong:

2, Johnny Pomeroy, Jr;

3. U Sol-ching;

4. Wong Chang Yee;

5, Ko Wal-bong.

SCHOOLBOYS' DOUBLES

The standard of the play in the Championshipa ̈ showed a the ball touch-

The first round of the Inter-

1 J. B. Pomeroy, Jr and G. In comparison, the' Cham- ing white is on. notional Hockey

marked improvement in the L. Pomeroy; wiitot bold to

highly Junior and Ladies' events, but tournament plonship season was o

although

2, Bobby dave it it when

Hong, and Use Like immovement in the senior Chong Yoo;

Woog will be played on Sunday, April 2 *tethor "playe

number at colace in the Sentor events, 18 as follows: away fairly

3, K. P. sti remained on the events Portugal v Ireland, R., No.1 If the basi

Chong and 8. Y. touching is not

Worg; ground 30 a.m.;(Umpires Wo disappointing skit. A pleasing A very pleasing feature on white a nat

c.G.M. Smith and W.O, Padley) feature, however,

the the Junior games was the dis-

4, D. Ony and J. Oey! judged to LAYE

India v Malos, H.N. NO. inada coat

greater willen of Jumbor cording of tangy strokes by

5, N. H. Loh and U Bel-ching ground 10 .m. Umpires. C Blackbourn and Mador Vickery). players to participate is the practically all those players and England v. Pakistan, B.N. No. 1 onions and the suche motor emplarede kid by Oran 11.30 ...: |(Umpires, | CORYDE zoozed by

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The scented blot on the or

Manila Team

In Action

Mull of Kintyre purple on the. Again Today

horizon

A round at Western Galles, The following will represent which with the gales is terrife Wah-Yon Coʻlege, and St Ste and without

College Is, rather like phen's

Combined playing in a well-kept garden; against the Manila Collegians another at Turnberry; and we at the Club ground, Happy while them across to the East Valley, today at 4:30 pm: Coast, calling on the way at Gleneagles, and pointing

Tommy Zum (Wah-Kin): Wong out Palcem (Wah Yan); Chan Chen-

those bulbous lamp standards bis 181 Stephen's); Toba Ngun at which Hngon nonchalantly (Wah Two)" (Capt.), styl 10en-boom drovo balis all one

eveningen), Class Hooks B

Benten's Lam Sung kit (Wah without hitting one-leaving Y), Chan

Chun-kwok Web the residents to collect the Yan), Ng Suso

(WR. YA) balls surreptitiously from

the Woms Bejat (84 Boybean), "Wong Yung-wing (Wal): Too); Remeron: shrubbery in the morning. Lau Banting: (0) Stepbena), Jotas So to the Old course at St Wats Yan), [Ng- Lames-Goole (Wats Andrews, which they will take on Wong Chung-wai (Wals YOU? at fret to be hall Joice, halt.

SUNDAY'S PROGRAMME yet inwardly inspect ing that once again the wily

School football fixtures for Sun- British in their Incomprehen-day no se hamowa 3:4 alble way have "got something."

Berior Division Knock-oup Chen- And thence

down to the Golf College, Club ground 10 a.m.; petition. Joseph's Chillers V La Coast.

Talkoo School wKing George V Here they must stand on that Bhool. Chub ground 11 am. tremendous too at Gullane and ition Pryde Cup.K.P.M;

Junior Division Knock-o gate down

across Muirfield to E.K.A.M., No. 1. Mary ground 10 Bass Rock, and the Archerfield Wood and them: Wah Yan A.M. V G.V.M.B side to the dim, distant tracery College, No. 1

on the other No. 1 Navy rosiod 11am, #queen's College "A" v Bt Jowend's Navy ground” 10 of the Forth Bridge. North a.m. Berwick, Luiffness, Longniddy

they may just have time College (Judor League, Kowloon

Kitta

Wah Yao, Kowlood V│La 'Ballo

ittvision) No. Navy ground, 11

for them before we hustle thema.m. south.

*.

They must play at Sandwich, of course,

and, looking across SAIGON TEAM the fence the reviving Prince's, spare

to

# moment to

Up

tho

imagine Gente Sarazen striding NOT COMING triumphantly champion at last. And then on of the Hongkong Football As-

18th,

It was disclosed at a meeting to Rye, looking I

trust, did on that first rongient day sociation Enfarport Sub-Com- of spring last week, and

mitten held yesterday that the Saigon Interport team which viling our friends to look across the marzh to the little church Colony

visit was expected to

this month on its hill and reflect that be able to man from Winchelsea mado the

clock in 1886, and that it has of June. never gone wrong.

ON THE DOWNS,

I know it is against the book of form, but I should. them also to sample a unique and to me bewitching game, namely, golf on the Dowa archale, lovablo Royal. Ensia!

and Blatchington. In FOOT-

come

util

the

will not

the end

After discussion, it was de- cided not to entertain the Sal- gon teata as Juno la pasť: thà season hens which ends ΟΣ May 19.

The Interport game is thus automatically cancelled.

bouma, any in the morning, Rugger Results

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