Marjorie Barrett
Marjorie Barrett born Lucy Marjory East was an English badminton player. She started playing badminton in the village of Shaldon in Devon where Meriel Lucas was a member. After becoming a member of the Crystal Palace Club she married Frederick Barrett in 1915.[1] The left hander became a force after the war and secured five All England singles titles.[2] Her husband died in 1932 and she remarried in 1949 to another badminton player Percy Macfarlane. She died in 1968, aged 79 in Newton Abbott
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Medal Record at the All England Badminton Championships
| Medal | Year | Event |
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.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1926 | Women's singles |
| 1927 | Women's singles |
| 1929 | Women's singles |
| 1930 | Women's singles |
| 1931 | Women's singles |
| 1928 | Women's doubles |
| 1929 | Women's doubles |
| 1930 | Women's doubles |
| 1932 | Women's doubles |
References
- "Mrs Barrett". Badminton England.
- Davis, Pat (1983). Guinness Book of Badminton. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-271-X.
- "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
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