Barbara Beckett (born March 1952) is a former international badminton player from Northern Ireland who competed at two Commonwealth Games and was a 19-times champion of Ireland.
Biography Beckett won her first titles in 1973 at both the Irish Championships and the Irish Open. In the same year she also won at Welsh International.
Beckett represented the Northern Irish team at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, where she competed in the singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles events.
Four years later she represented the Northern Irish team again at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada, where she competed in four events.
In 1980 after earning 52 international caps she pulled out of the Irish team in order to seek a place in the English rankings. She was living in Birmingham for several years.
In 1980 she was first at the Scottish Open. In total, she won 19 national titles.
She was coached by Winston Wilkinson.
Achievements Year Tournament Event Winner 1973 Irish National Badminton Championships Mixed Adrian Bell / Barbara Beckett 1973 Irish National Badminton Championships Women's singles Barbara Beckett 1973 Irish Open Women's singles Barbara Beckett 1973 Irish Open Women's doubles Barbara Beckett / Lena Rea 1973 Irish Open Mixed Adrian Bell / Barbara Beckett 1973 Welsh International Mixed Clifford McIlwaine / Barbara Beckett 1973 Welsh International Women's singles Barbara Beckett 1974 Irish National Badminton Championships Mixed Adrian Bell / Barbara Beckett 1974 Irish National Badminton Championships Women's singles Barbara Beckett 1974 Irish National Badminton Championships Women's doubles Barbara Beckett / Lena McAleese 1974 Welsh International Women's singles Barbara Beckett 1974 Welsh International Women's doubles Barbara Beckett / Sue Alfieri 1975 Irish National Badminton Championships Women's doubles Barbara Beckett / Dorothy Cunningham 1975 Irish National Badminton Championships Mixed Ronnie Reddick / Barbara Beckett 1975 Irish National Badminton Championships Women's singles Barbara Beckett 1976 Irish Open Women's singles Barbara Beckett 1976 Irish National Badminton Championships Mixed John Scott / Barbara Beckett 1976 Irish Open Women's doubles Yvonne Kelly / Barbara Beckett 1976 Irish Open Mixed John Scott / Barbara Beckett 1976 Irish National Badminton Championships Women's singles Barbara Beckett 1976 Irish National Badminton Championships Women's singles Barbara Beckett 1976 Irish National Badminton Championships Women's doubles Barbara Beckett / Dorothy Cunningham 1978 Irish National Badminton Championships Mixed Bill Thompson / Barbara Beckett 1978 Irish National Badminton Championships Women's singles Barbara Beckett 1979 Irish National Badminton Championships Women's doubles Barbara Beckett / Diane Underwood 1979 Irish National Badminton Championships Women's singles Barbara Beckett 1980 Irish National Badminton Championships Women's doubles Barbara Beckett / Diane Underwood 1980 Irish National Badminton Championships Women's singles Barbara Beckett 1979 Irish National Badminton Championships Mixed Bill Thompson / Barbara Beckett 1983 Irish National Badminton Championships Women's singles Barbara Beckett 1983 Irish National Badminton Championships Women's doubles Barbara Beckett / Debbie Freeman 1984 Scottish Open Women's doubles Barbara Beckett / Alison Fulton 1986 Irish National Badminton Championships Women's singles Barbara Beckett
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