Welsh International

Badminton championships

The Welsh International is an international badminton championship held in Wales since 1928 and is thereby one of the oldest badminton tournaments in the world. The tournament was halted during World War II and until 1956, between 1960 and 1966, and in 1971. It is organised by Welsh Badminton Cymru, the governing body for badminton in Wales.^[1]

Past winners

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles	Ref
1927	Alan Titherley	R. Finch	J. D. M. McCallum Alan Titherley	Thompson-Smith Reid	F. L. Treasure Meredith
1928	Thomas P. Dick	Margaret Tragett	F. L. Treasure F. B. Malthouse	Marian Horsley L. W. Myers	Thomas P. Dick Hazel Hogarth
1929	Donald Hume	Dorothy Colpoys	Donald Hume Ralph Nichols
1930	Thomas P. Dick		Thomas P. Dick W. Basil Jones
1931	Willoughby Hamilton	Thelma Kingsbury	Arthur Hamilton Willoughby Hamilton	Hazel Hogarth Thelma Kingsbury	Ralph Nichols Nora Coop
1932		Alice Woodroffe	Donald Hume Raymond M. White	L. W. Myers Alice Woodroffe	Thomas P. Dick Hazel Hogarth
1933		Betty Uber		Betty Uber Thelma Kingsbury	Donald Hume Betty Uber
1934	Raymond M. White	Thelma Kingsbury	Willoughby Hamilton Ian Maconachie		B. P. Cook Betty Uber
1935			Raymond M. White Ian Maconachie		Ian Maconachie Marian Horsley
1936	Thomas P. Dick	Greta Graham	H. Morland Kenneth Wilson	Dorothy Graham Greta Graham	Raymond M. White Thelma Kingsbury
1937	Raymond M. White	Daphne Young	Thomas P. Dick H. E. Baldwin	L. W. Myers Dorothy Colpoys	Thomas Boyle Olive Wilson
1938	Tage Madsen	Betty Uber	Thomas Boyle James Rankin	Betty Uber Diana Doveton
1939–1954	no competition
1955	James P. Doyle	H. B. Mercer	Desmond Lacey James P. Doyle	H. B. Mercer R. Smyth	Kenneth Carlisle R. Smyth
1956	Oon Chong Teik	Maggie McIntosh	Kenneth Derrick A. R. V. Dolman	Marjory Russell Maggie McIntosh	Kenneth Derrick B. Maxwell
1957	Oon Chong Jin	Mary O'Sullivan		June Timperley Patricia Dolan	Oon Chong Jin June Timperley
1958	Hugh Findlay	Heather Ward	Tony Jordan Hugh Findlay	Heather Ward P. E. Broad	Hugh Findlay Heather Ward
1959–1965	no competition
1966	Roger Mills	Mary Thompson	Roger Mills Robert McCoig	M. Withers Betty Fisher	Robert McCoig McCoig
1967		Julie Charles	Roger Mills J. G. Pearson	Julie Charles Angela Dickson	Roger Mills Julie Charles
1968	Howard Jennings	Angela Dickson	Mike Tredgett A. Finch	J. Masters R. Gerrish	Howard Jennings Angela Dickson
1969			Howard Jennings Alan Fisher	Angela Dickson Betty Fisher
1970	no competition
1971	Mike Tredgett	Betty Fisher	Philip Smith William Kidd	Angela Dickson Betty Fisher	Mike Tredgett Kathryn Whiting
1972	John Gardner	Barbara Beckett	John McCloy Peter Moore	Anne Forrest Kathryn Whiting	Clifford McIlwaine Barbara Beckett
1973	Michael Wilkes		Michael Wilkes Alan Connor	Barbara Beckett Sue Alfieri	Michael Wilkes Anne Forrest
1974		Anne Statt	Michael Wilkes Alan Connor	Anne Statt Margo Winter	Alan Connor Margo Winter
1975	Kevin Jolly	Pauline Davis	Tim Stokes Kevin Jolly	Angela Dickson Sue Brimble	Howard Jennings Angela Dickson
1976	David Eddy	Paula Kilvington	David Eddy Eddy Sutton	Anne Statt Jane Webster	David Eddy Barbara Giles
1977	Mike Tredgett	Gillian Gilks		Barbara Sutton Marjan Ridder	Elliot Stuart Gillian Gilks
1978	Kevin Jolly	Nora Perry	Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett	Barbara Sutton Nora Perry	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry
1979	Thomas Kihlström	Jane Webster	Thomas Kihlström Bengt Fröman	Jane Webster Karen Puttick	Billy Gilliland Karen Puttick
1980	Ray Stevens	Gillian Gilks	Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett	Gillian Gilks Paula Kilvington	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry
1981	Steve Baddeley	Karen Bridge	David Eddy Eddy Sutton	Karen Chapman Sally Podger	Billy Gilliland Karen Chapman
1982	Steve Butler	Sally Podger	Mike Tredgett Dipak Tailor	Nora Perry Jane Webster	Dipak Tailor Nora Perry	[2]
1983		Karen Beckman	Mike Tredgett Martin Dew	Helen Troke Karen Chapman	Mike Tredgett Karen Chapman
1984	Morten Frost	Charlotte Hattens	Billy Gilliland Dan Travers	Gillian Gilks Helen Troke	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks
1985	Darren Hall	Fiona Elliott	Martin Dew Dipak Tailor	Karen Beckman Sara Halsall	Jesper Knudsen Nettie Nielsen
1986			Martin Dew Darren Hall		Martin Dew Gillian Gilks
1987	Vimal Kumar	Lee Jung-mi	Richard Outterside Mike Brown	Fiona Elliott Sara Halsall
1988	Darren Hall	Bang Soo-hyun	Nick Ponting Dave Wright	Karen Beckman Sara Sankey	Mike Brown Jillian Wallwork
1989	Mathew Smith	Joanne Muggeridge		Karen Chapman Sara Sankey	Dave Wright Claire Palmer	[3]
1990	Vimal Kumar	Denyse Julien		Cheryl Johnson Julie Bradbury	Nick Ponting Joanne Wright	[4]
1991	Wei Yan	Fiona Smith	Michael Adams Chris Rees	Denyse Julien Doris Piché	Andy Goode Joanne Wright	[5]
1992	Anders Nielsen	Suzanne Louis-Lane	Nick Ponting Dave Wright	Julie Bradbury Sara Sankey	Nick Ponting Joanne Wright	[6]
1993	Darren Hall	Marina Andrievskaya	Michael Adams Simon Archer	Julie Bradbury Joanne Wright	Chris Hunt Joanne Wright	[7]
1994	Peter Rasmussen	Denyse Julien	Andrei Andropov Nikolai Zuyev	Julie Bradbury Joanne Wright	Nick Ponting Joanne Wright	[8]
1995	Colin Haughton	Elena Rybkina		Elena Rybkina Marina Yakusheva	Nikolai Zuyev Marina Yakusheva	[9]
1996	Chris Bruil	Kelly Morgan	Ian Pearson James Anderson	Nicole van Hooren Brenda Conijn	Quinten van Dalm Nicole van Hooren	[10]
1997	Dicky Palyama	Brenda Beenhakker	James Anderson Ian Sullivan	Sara Sankey Ella Tripp	James Anderson Sara Sankey	[11]
1998	Daniel Eriksson	Marina Andrievskaya	Joachim Tesche Jean-Philippe Goyette	Marina Andrievskaya Catrine Bengtsson	Henrik Andersson Marina Andrievskaya	[12]
1999	Richard Vaughan	Marina Yakusheva	Joachim Andersson Peter Axelsson	Irina Ruslyakova Marina Yakusheva	Peter Jeffrey Joanne Davies	[13]
2000		Tracey Hallam	Anthony Clark Ian Sullivan	Ella Tripp Sara Sankey	Anthony Clark Gail Emms	[14]
2001	Irwansyah	Brenda Beenhakker	Vincent Laigle Svetoslav Stoyanov		Nikolai Zuyev Marina Yakusheva	[15]
2002		Karina de Wit	Nikolai Zuyev Stanislav Pukhov	Ella Tripp Joanne Wright		[16]
2003	Irwansyah	Ella Karachkova	Ashley Thilthorpe Kristian Roebuck	Ella Karachkova Anastasia Russkikh	Alexandr Russkikh Anastasia Russkikh	[17]
2004	Nathan Rice	Petya Nedelcheva	Reuben Gordown Aji Basuki Sindoro	Petya Nedelcheva Yuan Wemyss	Matthew Hughes Kelly Morgan	[18]
2005	Chetan Anand	Eleanor Cox	Andrew Ellis Dean George	Hayley Connor Heather Olver	Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta	[19]
2006	Irwansyah	Huang Chia-chi	Matthew Hughes Martyn Lewis	Natalie Munt Mariana Agathangelou	Kristian Roebuck Natalie Munt	[20]
2007	Marc Zwiebler	Jill Pittard	Wojciech Szkudlarczyk Adam Cwalina	Chloe Magee Bing Huang	Wojciech Szkudlarczyk Malgorzata Kurdelska	[21]
2008	Brice Leverdez	Kati Tolmoff	Andrew Bowman Martyn Lewis	Mariana Agathangelou Jillie Cooper	Watson Briggs Jillie Cooper	[22]
2009	Kristian Nielsen	Tatjana Bibik	Vitalij Durkin Aleksandr Nikolaenko	Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova	[23]
2010	Pablo Abián	Anita Raj Kaur	Peter Käsbauer Josche Zurwonne	Joanne Quay Anita Raj Kaur	Peter Käsbauer Johanna Goliszewski	[24]
2011	Niluka Karunaratne	Nicole Schaller	Chris Coles Matthew Nottingham	Ng Hui Ern Ng Hui Lin	Martin Campbell Ng Hui Lin	[25]
2012	Chou Tien-chen	Chiang Mei-hui	Marcus Ellis Paul Van Rietvelde	Gabrielle White Lauren Smith	Marcus Ellis Gabrielle White	[26]
2013	Pablo Abián	Beiwen Zhang	Chris Coles Matthew Nottingham	Tang Hetian Renuga Veeran	Chris Langridge Heather Olver	[27]
2014	Kieran Merrilees	Beatriz Corrales	Matthew Nottingham Harley Towler	Heather Olver Lauren Smith	Chris Coles Sophie Brown	[28]
2015	Vladimir Malkov	Anna Thea Madsen	Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	Matthew Nottingham Emily Westwood	[29]
2016	Pablo Abián	Beatriz Corrales	Liao Min-chun Su Cheng-heng	Anastasia Chervyakova Olga Morozova	Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Zięba	[30]
2017	Nhat Nguyen	Tanvi Lad	Oliver Baczala Michael Roe	Lise Jaques Flore Vandenhoucke	Michael Roe Jessica Hopton	[31]
2018	Luís Enrique Peñalver	Clara Azurmendi	Max Flynn Callum Hemming	Julie MacPherson Holly Newall	Matthew Clare Victoria Williams	[32]
2019	Ditlev Jæger Holm		Chiang Chien-wei Ye Hong-wei	Abigail Holden Lizzie Tolman	Alexander Dunn Ciara Torrance	[33]
2020	Cancelled[note 1]					[34]
2021	Arnaud Merklé	Hsu Wen-chi	Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang	Margot Lambert Anne Tran	William Villeger Anne Tran	[35]
2022	Mads Christophersen	Yvonne Li	Rasmus Kjær Frederik Søgaard		Jesper Toft Clara Graversen	[36]
2023	Joakim Oldorff	Rosy Oktavia Pancasari	Christopher Grimley Matthew Grimley	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	Jan Colin Völker Stine Küspert	[37]
2024	Karono	Huang Ching-ping	Oliver Butler Samuel Jones	Paula López Lucía Rodríguez	Rubén García Lucía Rodríguez	[38][39][40]
2025	Ditlev Jæger Holm	Xu Wei	Kristoffer Kolding Calvin Lundsgaard	Simona Pilgaard Signe Schulz	Natan Begga Elsa Jacob	[41]

1. This tournament, originally to be played from 25 to 28 November, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales.

Performances by nation

As of the 2025 edition

Rank	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	England	31	30	45	40.5	42.5	189
2	Wales	6	4	3	8.5	4	25.5
3	Ireland	5	6	6	3	4.5	24.5
4	Russia	1	5	4	5	5	20
5	Scotland	1	2	4	3	5	15
6	Denmark	7	2	2	1	2	14
7	Spain	4	4	0	1	1	10
8	France	2	1	1	2	2	8
9	Netherlands	2	3	0	1.5	1	7.5
10	Sweden	2	1	2	1	1	7
11	Chinese Taipei	1	3	2	0	0	6
	Malaya  Malaysia	2	1	0	2	1	6
13	Germany	1	1	1.5	0	2	5.5
14	India	3	1	0	0	1	5
15	Australia	2	1	0	1	0	4
16	Bulgaria	0	1	0	2.5	0	3.5
	Canada	0	2	0.5	1	0	3.5
18	Indonesia	2	0	1	0	0	3
	Poland	0	0	1	0	2	3
	South Korea	0	2	1	0	0	3
21	Austria	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Belgium	0	0	0	1	0	1
	Estonia	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Finland	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Sri Lanka	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Switzerland	0	1	0	0	0	1
	United States	0	1	0	0	0	1
Total		74	74	74	74	74	370

References

1. "History". welshbadminton.net. Badminton Wales. 2009. Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
2. Hybart, Maureen (March 1983). "The Hitachi Welsh Open" (PDF). World Badminton. p. 14. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
3. "Welsh Open 1989 IS winners". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
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36. "Welsh International Badminton Championships 2022 IC winners". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
37. "YONEX Welsh International Badminton Championships 2023 IC winners". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
38. "YONEX Welsh International Open 2024 IS winners". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
39. Hansen, Anders (2 December 2024). "Winners of Yonex Welsh International 2024". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
40. "Jones and Butler triumph at Welsh International". Badminton England. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
41. "Welsh International Open 2025 winners". BWF Badminton. Retrieved 21 November 2025.

External links

• Official Website Archived 27 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine

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