BRITISH OPEN
(Birmingham)
First round, men: Joseph Kneipp (Australia) bt 11-Anthony Hill (Australia) 15-5 15-5 15-4, 5-Martin Heath (Scotland) bt Amr Shabana (Egypt) 15-11 15-12 15-3, 14-PaulPrice (Australia) bt John Williams (Australia) 15-11 8-15 15-4 11-15 15-10, 3-Simon Parke (England) bt Stephen Meads (England) 15-12 15-6 17-16, 16-Mark Chaloner (England) bt Davide
Bianchetti (Italy) 15-9 15-13 15-10.
Women: 1-Cassie Campion (England) bt Shelley Kitchen (NZ) 9-0 9-2 9-1, 12-Vanessa Atkinson (Netherlands) bt Vicky Botwright (England) 9-3 8-10 5-9 9-7 9-2, 8-Tania Bailey bt Liz Irving (Australia) 9-3 9-1 9-0, 3-Carol Owens (Australia) bt Salma Shabana (Egypt) 9-5 9-2 9-3, Omneya Abdel Kawy (Egypt) bt 16-Jenny Tranfield (England) 7-9 6-9 9-3 9-4 9-5, 5-Natalie Grainger (England) bt Latasha Khan (US) 9-2 9-1 9-6, 10-Sarah Fitz-Gerald (Australia) bt Ellen Petersen (Denmark) 9-0 9-2 9-0, 9-Fiona Geaves (England) bt Annelize Naude (South Africa) 10-8 4-9 3-9 10-8 9-1, Pamela Nimmo (Scotland) bt 7-Sabine Schoene (Germany) 5-9 9-3 9-4 9-6, 4-Linda Charman (England) 9-5 9-7 3-0 retired, Sue Wright (England) bt 14-Rebecca Macree (England) 9-4 8-10 8-10 9-1 9-2, 11-Rachael Grinham (Australia) bt Maha Zein (Egypt) 9-4 9-1 9-4, 13-Stephanie Brind (England) bt Isabelle Stoehr (France) 3-9 10-8 9-4 9-4, 6-Suzanne Horner (England) bt Natalie Grinham (Australia) 9-4 6-9 9-4 9-4, Cheryl Beaumont (England) bt 15-Claire Nitch (South Africa) 10-9 9-5 9-5, 2-Leilani Joyce (NZ) bt Senga Macfie (Scotland) 9-0 9-0 9-1.
