Margaret B. Boxall (born 1945; later Margaret Allen) is an English retired badminton player.
Personal life Boxall married to Eddie Allen, a South African badminton player on 9 August 1975 in her hometown Gosport, Hampshire.
Career Boxall won the women's doubles with Susan Whetnall at the prestigious All-England Championships in both 1969 and 1970.Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 108.
She also won the gold medal at the 1968 and the 1970 European Badminton Championships in women's doubles with Susan Whetnall.Herbert Scheele, The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J.A. Jennings Ltd., 1971) 326.
Boxall represented the England team at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. She competed in the badminton events, winning double gold and a bronze medal.
Four years later she won a silver medal in the doubles at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Achievements Commonwealth Games Women's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 1970 Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland Sylvia Ng 11–6, 11–8 Bronze
Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1970 Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland Susan Whetnall Julie Rickard Gillian Perrin 15–9, 15–2 Gold 1974 Cowles Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand Susan Whetnall Margaret Beck Gillian Perrin 7–15, 5–15 Silver
Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1970 Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland Derek Talbot Roger Mills Gillian Perrin 8–15, 15–12, 15–12 Gold
European Championships Women's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 1970 Afan Lido, Port Talbot, Wales Imre Nielsen 9–11, 11–7, 3–11 Bronze
Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1968 Bochum, West Germany Susan Pound Angela Bairstow Gillian Perrin 15–7, 18–13 Gold 1970 Port Talbot, Wales Susan Whetnall Irmgard Latz Marieluise Wackerow 2–3, retired Gold
International tournament (19 titles, 10 runners-up) Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 1969 South African Championships Gillian Perrin 1–11, 11–8, 4–11 Runner-up 1969 Scottish Open Susan Whetnall 8–11, 11–4, 12–10 Winner 1970 Scottish Open Gillian Perrin 11–9, 11–1 Winner 1970 Canadian Open Tyna Barinaga 3–11, 4–11 Runner-up
Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1967 Irish Open Susan Pound Gillian Perrin Iris Rogers 15–8, 15–7 Winner 1968 Scottish Open Susan Pound Jenny Horton Ursula Smith 9–15, 9–15 Runner-up 1968 Dutch Open Susan Pound Angela Bairstow Alison Glenie 5–15, 15–0, 15–9 Winner 1968 German Open Susan Pound Irmgard Latz Marieluise Wackerow 15–6, 15–7 Winner 1969 All England Open Susan Whetnall Hiroe Amano Tomoko Takahashi 15–11, 15–11 Winner 1969 Irish Open Susan Whetnall Mary Bryan Yvonne Kelly 15–3, 15–10 Winner 1969 South African Championships Susan Whetnall Wilma Prade Ann Smith 15–6, 15–4 Winner 1969 Swedish Open Susan Whetnall Anne Flindt Pernille Mølgaard Hansen 4–15, 15–5, 15–10 Winner 1969 Scottish Open Susan Whetnall Mary Bryan Yvonne Kelly 15–4, 15–6 Winner 1970 Belgian International Susan Whetnall Imre Rietveld Nielsen Anne Berglund 15–4, 15–6 Winner 1970 Swedish Open Gillian Perrin Pernille Molgaard Hansen Imre Rietveld Nielsen 15–9, 15–1 Winner 1970 All England Open Susan Whetnall Gillian Perrin Julie Rickard 15–6, 8–15, 15–9 Winner 1970 Canadian Open Susan Whetnall Tyna Barinaga Caroline Hein 15–5, 5–15, 15–13 Winner 1970 U.S. Open Susan Whetnall Machiko Aizawa Etsuko Takenaka 10–15, 11–15 Runner-up 1970 Dutch Open Susan Whetnall Irmgard Latz Marieluise Wackerow 18–15, 12–15, 15–1 Winner 1970 Scottish Open Susan Whetnall Margaret Beck Gillian Perrin 15–2, 15–18, 15–5 Winner 1974 All England Open Susan Whetnall Margaret Beck Gillian Gilks 5–15, 14–18 Runner-up 1974 Scottish Open Susan Whetnall Margaret Beck Gillian Gilks 15–9, 10–15, 15–10 Winner Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1968 Dutch Open David Eddy Paul Whetnall Angela Bairstow 13–15, 11–15 Runner-up 1970 Dutch Open David Eddy Derek Talbot Gillian Perrin 14–18, 8–15 Runner-up 1970 Scottish Open Paul Whetnall Roger Mills Gillian Perrin 2–15, 15–11, 8–15 Runner-up 1970 Belgian International Paul Whetnall Alan Parsons Lore Hawig 15–4, 15–5 Winner 1970 Canadian Open Paul Whetnall Ippei Kojima Susan Whetnall 15–12, 5–15, 13–15 Runner-up 1970 U.S. Open Paul Whetnall Ippei Kojima Machiko Aizawa 15–8, 15–2 Winner 1974 Scottish Open Mike Tredgett Paul Whetnall Nora Gardner 4–15, 14–18 Runner-up
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