// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Maureen Mockford? A mock star, of course.
 All Ireland Winner in 1970 | ||||||||||||
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| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) | |||||||||||
| Born | Maureen Phyllis Perry 27 March 1942 Belfast, Northern Ireland | |||||||||||
| Died | 12 January 2008 (aged 65) Belfast, Northern Ireland | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Badminton | |||||||||||
| Handedness | Left | |||||||||||
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Maureen Mockford (27 March 1942 – 12 January 2008) was an international badminton player from Northern Ireland who competed at the Commonwealth Games and was a singles champion of Ireland.
Biography
[edit]Mockford was born Maureen Phyllis Perry, to Phyllis and George Perry MBE on 27 March 1942. George, from Renfrew in Glasgow, played football for Belfast Celtic and was part of the 1925/26 quadruple winning team.[citation needed] He worked as the assistant manager in the electrical department at Harland and Wolff and received an MBE in the 1958 New Years Honours for services to shipbuilding.[citation needed] He met Phyllis who was a draughts woman at Harland and Wolff. Pam Porter was her doubles partner throughout her early playing days at Belfast High School and Malone Badminton club.[citation needed] In the late '60s and early '70s Malone dominated the Ulster and Irish badminton scene with players like Maureen, Pam, Maurice Adamson, Derek Porter, Joan Simpson, Adrian Bell, Colin Bell and Robert Bruce, all representing the club at National and International level.[citation needed] Maureen married married Anthony James Mockford in 1966.[citation needed]
Mockford won her first Irish cap during the 1961/62 season.[1] In 1970 she won the singles at the Irish National Badminton Championships,[2][3]
Mockford represented the Northern Irish team[4][5] at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland,[6] where she competed in the singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles events. She partnered Joan McCloy in the women's doubles.[7]
Mockford played on the Irish national badminton team 18 times between 1961 and 1970. She later took up bowling, competing in Irish trials. She died on 12 January 2008 due to complications from acute myeloid leukaemia.[8]
Achievements
[edit]| Year | Tournament | Event | Place |
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| 1970 | Irish National Badminton Championships | Women's singles | winner |
| 1970 | British Commonwealth Games | Women's singles | 17 |
References
[edit]- ↑ "At The Top 10 Years". Ireland's Saturday Night. 11 July 1970. p. 3. Retrieved 11 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Irish Senior Nationals Winners". Badminton Ireland. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
- ↑ "Gallery Page". Badminton Museum of Ireland. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ↑ "Guide to the Games". Ireland's Saturday Night. 11 July 1970. p. 3. Retrieved 13 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Peter Moore". Derry Journal. 26 February 1971. p. 15. Retrieved 13 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Northern Ireland Edinburgh 1970". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
- ↑ "Badminton stars for Edinbugh". Larne Times. 9 July 1970. p. 13. Retrieved 13 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "February 2008 Newsletter". Belfast Indoor Bowls. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2020.