Colin Beacom
English badminton player

Colin Beacom
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
BornOctober 1937[1]
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 in domestic level.[2]

Badminton career

Beacom is a three times National champion, winning the English National Badminton Championships in the mixed doubles in 1964 with Jenny Pritchard and the men's doubles with Tony Jordan in 1966 and 1968.[3]
[4][5] In addition he has won the 1963 Irish Open, 1964 Scottish Open in the doubles and 1973 Scottish Open singles.[6] Beacom is also a player that won on the other side of the Atlantic where he won the 1967 Canada Open in men's doubles with Roger Mills.[7]

He represented the England team[8] in the singles, doubles and mixed, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, where he and Jordan losing towards their teammates, Roger Mills and David Horton in men's doubles bronze medal match.[9][10][11][12] After retiring, he kept playing on several level and manage to won few seniors tournament of All England Open in the 80's.[13] Beacom is also a former 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

  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.
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