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Colin Beacom

Colin James Beacom, is a male former international badminton player who competed for England. He was associated with Surrey Badminton Club.

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Colin Beacom
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
BornOctober 19371
Lambeth, London, England
Sport
SportBadminton
ClubSurrey Badminton Club

Colin James Beacom (born October 1937), is a male former international badminton player who competed for England. He was associated with Surrey Badminton Club.2

Badminton career

Beacom won three events in the English National Badminton Championships, the mixed doubles in 1964 with Jenny Pritchard and the men's doubles with Tony Jordan in 1966 and 1968.3
45 In addition, he won the 1963 Irish Open singles, the 1964 Scottish Open men's doubles, and the 1973 Scottish Open singles.6 Beacom won on the other side of the Atlantic when he captured the 1967 Canada Open men's doubles with Roger Mills.7

He represented England at the 1966 British Commonwealth Gamesin Kingston, Jamaica8 in the singles, doubles, and mixed doubles events, narrowly missing a bronze medal in men's doubles.9101112 After retiring from high level national and international competition, he kept playing on the county and senior (age division) levels and won several All England senior events in the 1980s.13 Beacom was also a president of his old badminton club, Surrey, from 1990 until 1996.14

Achievements

International tournaments

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1963 Irish Open England Trevor Coates 15–9, 15–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1973 Scottish Open Scotland Nicol McCloy 18–16, 9–15, 15–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1964 Scottish Open England Kenneth Derrick Scotland Robert McCoig
Scotland W. Frank Shannon 		15–9, 6–15, 18–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1965 Irish Open England Tony Jordan England David Horton
England Roger Mills 		15–12, 9–15, 10–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1965 Dutch Open England Tony Jordan Denmark Klaus Kaagaard
Denmark Ole Mertz 		4–15, 7–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1967 Irish Open England Tony Jordan England David Horton
England Roger Mills 		8–15, 15–3, 15–18 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1967 Canadian Open England Roger Mills Denmark Erland Kops
Canada Rolf Paterson 		15–6, 15–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
References

References

  1. "Births Dec 1937". Free BMD. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  2. "England Send Top Badminton Players". The Royal Gazette and Colonial Government Gazette. Vol. 43, no. 144. The Royal Gazette. bnl.contentdm.oclc.org. 21 June 1966. p. 6. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  3. ""Changes Of Pace Aid Badminton Victory." Times, 1 Feb. 1964, p. 4". Times Digital Archive.
  4. ""Mills Easily Keeps His Title." Times, 13 Dec. 1965, p. 4". Times Digital Archive.
  5. ""Recovery in final." Times, 11 Dec. 1967, p. 13". Times Digital Archive.
  6. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 74-78. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  7. "Kops Does Expected in Badminton Finals". Calgary Herald. Canwest. Newspapers.com. 3 April 1967. p. 19. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  8. "Jamaica Bound". Belfast Telegraph. 20 June 1966. p. 18. Retrieved 10 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "1966 Athletes". Team England.
  10. "Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team". Team England.
  11. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  12. "Results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  13. Born, Rene (June 2016). Badminton Data (PDF). Researchgate.net. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  14. Surrey County Badminton Association : 2024/2025 Handbook (PDF). Surrey Badminton Club. p. 4. Retrieved 18 June 2025.