IN the latest edition of our look back through the archives, here are five badminton teams from the past.
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1974: Admiring the York Youth Badminton Club trophy for which they competed at Water Lane Youth Club are members of the Co-op Youth Club and Technical College teams. Co-op won the final, 2 -1.
Scores were: S Barker – A Hobman beat C Ranger – M Benton 15-6, 15-2; K Burrows – S King beat D Wallis – J Gilfoyle 15-9, 18-13; I Turner – M Atkinson lost to P Scott – S Rawji 11-15, 8-15.
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YORK HOSPITAL BADMINTON TEAM 1978
YORK HOSPITAL BADMINTON TEAM 1978: York Hospital badminton team, leaders in the Division Two Mixed League. From the left: Elizabeth Kirk, Peter Swain, Iris Lockwood, Graham Lockwood, Catherine Wilkinson and George Hendrie.
RAILWAY INSTITUTE 1977
RAILWAY INSTITUTE 1977: Pictured members of the Railway Institute who had reached the semi-finals of the Eastern Region Badminton championships, February 1977.
RAILWAY INSTITUTE BADMINTON CLUB 1975
RAILWAY INSTITUTE BADMINTON CLUB 1975: Mr Ken Sawyers (left), first chairman of the York and District Badminton league, shows the Eileen McGarry Memorial Trophy to finalists in the mixed doubles, held at Railway Institute. The trophy was won by Caroline Chapman and Rod Peel.
ST GEORGE’S SECONDARY SCHOOL BADMINTON SQUAD 1978
ST GEORGE’S SECONDARY SCHOOL BADMINTON SQUAD 1978: From the left in the picture are: Paul Marshall, Michael Metcalfe, Neil Fearn, Paul Morrissey, Barry Cahill, Mike Hobman and Peter Sweeney.
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