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COMMONWEALTH GAMES: TEAM EVENT FIRST DAY RESULTS

September 9, 1998 (NEW SHUTTLENWS) - Following are some of the results of the first day of badminton team competition at the 1998 Commonwealth Games being held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (seeded teams marked with *; names of winning team's players first):

Men's Team
Pool A
Malaysia* beat Jamaica 5-0 (Ong Ewe Hock beat Bradley Graham 15-3, 15-4; Yong Hock Kin beat Roy Paul 15-2, 15-2; Wong Choon Hann beat Andre Stewart 15-1, 15-2; Cheah Soon Kit/Yap Kim Hock beat Robert Richards/Roy Paul 15-3, 15-2; Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah beat Charles Pyne/Andre Stewart 15-1, 15-1)

Canada beat Northern Ireland 5-0 (Michael Beres beat Leslie Dewart 10-15, 15-2, 15-5; Bobby Milroy beat David Geddes 15-1, 15-12; Stuart Arthur beat Michael Watt 15-5, 15-5; Iain Sydie/Darryl Yung beat Bruce Topping/Mark Topping 15-5, 15-9; Michael Beres/Bryan Moody beat Graham Henderson/Eugene McKenna 15-8, 8-15, 15-3)

Pool B

Maldives beat Botswana 5-0 (Ahmed Riyaz beat Mmoloki Mothala 15-5, 15-3; Abdulla Shakeeb beat Tebogo Ofentse 15-6, 15-2; Mohammed Sharath beat Harold Ndaba 15-8, 15-5; Abdulla Shakeeb/Hassan Riyaz beat Mmoloki Mothala/Tebago Ofentse 15-6, 15-10; Mohamed Sharath/Ahmed Riyaz beat Harold Ofentse/Kebelo Ofentse 15-8, 15-12)

Scotland* beat Sri Lanka 4-1 (Bruce Flockhart beat Duminda Jayakody 15-12, 15-7; James Mailer lost to T. Edrisinghe 15-14, 13-15, 10-15; David Gilmour beat S.Janaka De Selva 15-9, 11-15, 15-9; Kenneth Middlemiss/Russell Hogg beat Duminda Jayakody/T. Edrisinghe 15-7, 15-11; Craig Robertson/Alastair Gatt beat S.Janaka De Selva/Palinda Halangoda 15-5, 15-8)

Pool C

England* beat Wales 5-0 (Darren Hall beat Geraint Lewis 15-6, 15-4; Mark Constable beat Richard Vaughan 14-17, 15-4, 15-9; Peter Knowles beat Mathew Hughes 15-8, 15-11; Christoper Hunt/Simon Archer beat Geraint Lewis/Richard Vaughan 15-3, 15-3; Julian Robertson/Nathan Robertson beat Mathew Highes/ Andrew Groves-Burke 15-5, 15-4)

Trinidad and Tobago beat Fiji 4-1 (Anil Seepaul beat Burty James Molia 15-1, 7-15, 15-5; Darron Charles beat Ryan Clyde Fong 15-5, 15-6; Sheldon Caldeira beat Filivai Molia 15-5, 15-12; Anil Seepaul/Darron Charles beat Roger Fong/ Filivai Molia 15-7, 15-2; Sheldon Caldeira/Daron Dasent lost to Ryan Clyde Fong/Burty James Molia 12-15, 16-17)

Pool D

South Africa beat Ghana 5-0 (Johan Kleingeld beat Charles Mensah 15-7, 15-6; Michael Adams beat Charles Williams 15-10, 15-12; Neale Woodroffe beat Anthony Arthur 15-7, 15-4; Anton Kriel/Johan Kleingeld beat Charles Williams/Anthony Arthur 15-3, 15-2; Naela Woodroffe/Gavin Polmans beat Charles Mensah/Alexander Ayim 15-5, 15-3;

Mauritius 3 Brunei 2 (Edouard Clarisse lost to Amran Kambar 6-15, 15-12, 12-15; Denis Constantin beat Mohamad Junid 15-7, 17-16; Stephan Beeharry beat Huzaini Mohd Salleh 15-11, 15-10; Stephan Beeharry/Ganesh Dussain beat Ermadena Talib/Zailani Yuin 15-12, 15-10; Denis Constantin/Edouard Clarisse lost to Michael Nyau/Fadzli Masri 15-17, 15-7, 11-15)

(New Zealand* had a bye).

Women's Team
Pool A
New Zealand* beat Trinidad and Tobago 5-0 (Rhona Robertson beat Sabrina Cassie 11-3, 11-0; Rebecca Gordon beat Beverly Tang 11-1, 11-0; Amanda Carter beat Jenelle Cudjoe 11-0, 11-1; Rhona Robertson/Sharon Jenkins beat Sabrina Cassie/ Zeudi Mack 15-0, 15-1; Sheree Jefferson/Nicole Gordon beat Beverly Tang/ Jenelle Cudjoe 15-2, 15-3)

Malaysia beat Mauritius 5-0 (Wong Sze Mei beat Vandanah Seesurun 11-4, 11-2; Ng Mee Fen beat Amrita Sawaram 11-1, 11-4; Lim Pek Siah beat Anusha Dejee 11-2, 11-1; Chor Hooi Yee/Lim Pek Siah beat Marie Pierre/Vandanah Seesurun 15-0, 15-1; Norashikin Mohd/Joanne Quay beat Amrita Sawaram/Anusha Dajee 15-5, 15-5)

Pool B
India beat Wales 4-1 (Aparna Popat lost to Kelly Morgan 1-11, 13-12, 2-11; Neelima Choudary beat Gail Osborne 11-1, 11-1; Manjusha Kanwar beat Katy Howell 11-0, 11-5; Madhumita Bisht/P.V.V.Lakshmi beat Natasha Groves-Burke/ Robin Ashworth 15-2, 15-3; Manjusha Kanwar/Archana Dheodar beat Katy Howell/ Gail Osborne 15-2, 15-6)

Scotland* beat Sri Lanka 5-0 (Anne Gibson beat Renu Chandrika 11-6, 11-3; Gillian Martin beat Dilhani De Silva 11-1, 11-2; Fiona Sneddon beat D. Dharmasena 11-4, 8-11, 11-4; Kirsteen McEwan/Alexis Blanchflower beat Renu Chandrika/Inoka De Silva 15-6, 15-10; Elinor Middlemiss/Sandra Watt beat D. Dharmasena/Dilhani De Silva 15-1, 15-6)

Pool C
Canada beat Samoa 5-0 (Charmaine Reid beat A. Wilson 11-4, 11-0; Denyse Julien beat Phyllis Gordon 11-0, 11-1; Jody Patrick beat Nellie Gordon 11-0, 11-0; Robbyn Hermitage/Milaine Cloutier beat A. Wilson/Phyllis Gordon 15-0, 15-3; Denyse Julien/Charmaine Reid beat Nellie Gordon/Mara Faletoese 15-0, 15-2)

Australia* beat Jersey 5-0 (Michaela Smith beat Elizabeth Cann 11-2, 11-8; Kellie Lucas beat Danielle Le Feuvre 11-7, 11-4; Rayoni Head beat Solenn Pasturel 11-2, 11-3; Rhonda Cator/Kate Wilson-Smith beat Elizabeth Cann/ Danielle Le Feuvre 15-13, 15-10; Amanda Hardy/Sarah Hicks beat Solenn Pasturel/Lucy Burns 15-5, 15-3)

Pool D

South Africa beat Fiji 5-0 (Lina Fourie beat Kam Boi Joe 11-0, 11-0; Michelle Edwards beat G. Agnes Yee 11-0, 11-0; Megan Healey beat Liakimoui Mapa 11-1, 11-3; Lina Fourie/Monique Ric Hansen beat F. Matlane Cheer/Kam Boi Joe 15-7, 15-0; Michelle Edwards/ Megan Healey beat G. Agnes Yee/Liakimoui Mapa 15-5, 15-1)

England* beat Jamaica 5-0 (Julia Mann beat Nigella Saunders 11-4, 11-0; Tracey Hallam beat Shackerah Cupidon 11-2, 11-1; Rebecca Pantaney beat Alya Lewis 11-0, 11-0; Joanne Goode/Donna Kellogg beat Nigella Saunders/Terry Leyow 15-1, 15-9; Joanne Davis/Sarah Sankey beat Alya Lewis/Shackerah Cupidon 15-0, 15-1)

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