Eddy Sutton

For the American basketball coach, see Eddie Sutton. For other people with a similar name, see Edward Sutton (disambiguation).

Edward H Sutton (born 1948) is a former English badminton international player and a former national champion.^[2]

Eddy Sutton
Personal information
Country	England
Born	1948 (age 76–77) [1] Stoke, England
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  England European Championships 1976 Dublin Men's doubles 1978 Preston Men's doubles European Mixed Team Championships 1978 Preston Mixed team 1976 Dublin Mixed team

Biography

Sutton became the English National doubles champion after winning the English National Badminton Championships in 1975 with David Eddy.^[3] Sutton played for Staffordshire and England and was also won the men's doubles title at the Denmark Open in 1975 and the Czechoslovakian International in 1978.

He was a teacher by trade and married fellow badminton player Barbara Giles on 22 October 1977.^[4][5]

Achievements

European Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1976	Fitzwilliam Club, Dublin, Ireland	Derek Talbot	Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett	15–13, 12–15, 6–15	Silver
1978	Guild Hall, Preston, England	David Eddy	Bengt Fröman Thomas Kihlström	9–15, 5–15	Bronze

International tournaments (9 titles, 10 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1972	Portugal International	Philip Smith	6–15, 11–15	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1972	Portugal International	William Kidd	David Hutchinson Philip Smith	15–11, 15–9	Winner
1973	Dutch Open	David Eddy	Derek Talbot Elliot Stuart	15–12, 18–15	Winner
1975	Dutch Open	David Eddy	Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett	12–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1976	Denmark Open	David Eddy	Flemming Delfs Elo Hansen	15–13, 15–11	Winner
1976	German Open	David Eddy	Bengt Fröman Thomas Kihlström	13–15, 5–15	Runner-up
1976	Welsh International	David Eddy	Alan Connor William Kidd	15–7, 13–18, 15–7	Winner
1977	Dutch Open	David Eddy	Elo Hansen Steen Skovgaard	6–15, 15–8, 17–15	Winner
1977	Welsh International	David Eddy	Elliot Stuart Mike Tredgett	9–13 retired	Winner
1977	Canadian Open	Derek Talbot	Bengt Fröman Thomas Kihlström	17–16, 11–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1978	Welsh International	David Eddy	Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett	8–15, 3–15	Runner-up
1978	Czechoslovakian International	Alan Connor	Clemens Wortel Guus van der Vlugt	15–10, 18–14	Winner
1979	Denmark Open	David Eddy	Yoshitaka Iino Masao Tsuchida	9–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1981	Welsh International	David Eddy	Tim Stokes Mark Richards	15–11, 15–6	Winner
1981	Victor Cup	Billy Gilliland	Arya Aslim Bambang Dihardja	4–15, 15–8, 15–13	Runner-up
1982	Bell's Open	David Eddy	Claus Thomsen Nils Skeby	18–15, 10–15, 15–8	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1972	Portugal International	Nora Perry	William Kidd Barbara Giles	4–15, 15–11, 10–15	Runner-up
1981	Welsh International	Karen Bridge	Billy Gilliland Karen Chapman	15–10, 9–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1983	Bell's Open	Alison Fulton	Duncan Bridge Karen Beckman	8–15, 12–15	Runner-up