Kerry Ann Sheppard
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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | |||||||||||
| Born | 19 April 1984[1] South Glamorgan, Wales | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Badminton | |||||||||||
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Kerry Ann Sheppard (born 19 April 1984) is a former international badminton player from Wales who competed at the Commonwealth Games and is a former champion of Wales.[2]
Biography
[edit]Sheppard won four Welsh national junior titles, one each with Sian Jones and Rachel Madeley respectively in the women's doubles and two mixed doubles titles with Liam Ingram.[3]
Sheppard specialised in doubles play and women's doubles partners included Caroline Harvey, Sian Jones, Rachel Madeley and Joanna Sullivan[4] and in mixed doubles included Liam Ingram[5] and Paul Le Tocq.[6]
She soon represented Wales at international level[4] and was selected for the Welsh team at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England,[7] where she competed in the singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles events.[8] At the Games, she partnered Ingram in the mixed doubles, losing to the Scottish pair Graeme Smith and Elinor Middlemiss.[5] After the Games she continued to represent Wales.[9]
Sheppard was the 2009 doubles champion of Wales at the Welsh National Badminton Championships, with Caroline Harvey[3] and coached after her playing career ended.
She was a director and chairperson of Badminton Wales from January 2016 to September 2022.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
- ↑ "Profile". BWF. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
- 1 2 "National Championships". Badminton People. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Scots bounce back". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 12 May 2005. p. 34. Retrieved 11 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- 1 2 "Badminton". The Scotsman. 1 August 2002. p. 20. Retrieved 11 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Badminton". South Wales Echo. 5 December 2004. p. 91. Retrieved 11 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Wales pick badminton elite". BBC News. 17 May 2002. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
- ↑ "Wales Manchester 2002". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
- ↑ "Welsh exits continue at World's". BBC News. 30 July 2003. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
- ↑ "THE WELSH BADMINTON UNION LIMITED (04987692)". Companies House. Retrieved 12 March 2026.