Margaret Barrand

Margaret Barrand
Personal information
Birth name	Margaret Semple
Country	England
Born	1940 (age 84–85) Leyland, Lancashire, England
Residence	Australia
Medal record Women's badminton Representing England Uber Cup 1963 Wilmington Women's team

Margaret Barrand (née Margaret Semple) (born 1940) is a former English badminton international player and a former national champion.

Biography

Barrand became an English National doubles champion after winning the English National Badminton Championships mixed doubles title with Roger Mills in 1965. The following year she won the women's doubles with Angela Bairstow. She was a member of the 1963 English Uber Cup team which finished second to the United States in a tight four games to three final. Her most impressive badminton accomplishment, perhaps, was winning mixed doubles at the U.S. Open Badminton Championships in three successive years (1963, 1964, and 1965), each time with a different partner ( in order: Sangob Rattanusorn, Channarong Ratanaseangsuang, and Bob McCoig). She also won the 1965 Canadian Open mixed doubles with McCoig and the 1965 U.S Open women's doubles with Jennifer Pritchard Horton.

She represented Lancashire and England and played under the name of Semple until she married a vicar called George Barrand in 1958, playing thereafter as Barrand. Margaret retired after her son, Timothy is born. After retiring, Margaret moved to Australia with her husband being appointed as a Rector in Moss Vale parish.

Achievements

International tournaments (9 titles, 5 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1962	Scottish Open	Ursula Smith	Jenny Pritchard Iris Rogers	18–14, 10–15, 15–1	Winner
1963	U.S. Open	Ursula Smith	Judy Hashman Sue Peard	6–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1964	Scottish Open	Ursula Smith	Angela Bairstow Jenny Pritchard	15–7, 14–17, 10–15	Runner-up
1965	Irish Open	Iris Rogers	Ursula Smith Jenny Pritchard	8–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1965	Canadian Open	Jenny Horton	Tyna Barinaga Caroline Jensen	8–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1965	U.S. Open	Jenny Horton	Judy Hashman Sue Peard	15–7, 13–15, 15–11	Winner
1966	Scottish Open	Angela Bairstow	Jenny Horton Iris Rogers	15–10, 15–9	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1963	Irish Open	Kenneth Derrick	W. C. E. Rogers Iris Rogers	15–9, 4–15, 15–11	Winner
1963	U.S. Open	Sangob Rattanusorn	Joe Alston Lois Alston	18–16, 4–15, 15–12	Winner
1964	U.S. Open	Channarong Ratanaseangsuang	Joe Alston Lois Alston	walkover	Winner
1965	Canadian Open	Bob McCoig	Rolf Paterson Mimi Nilsson	15–11, 15–7	Winner
1965	U.S. Open	Bob McCoig	Tony Jordan Jenny Horton	15–7, 12–15, 15–12	Winner
1965	Irish Open	John Havers	Tony Jordan Jenny Horton	15–8, 15–7	Winner
1966	Scottish Open	John Havers	Tony Jordan Jenny Horton	6–15, 16–17	Runner-up