Colin Hyde Maidment (1908–1955) was an Irish badminton player, national men's doubles and mixed champion in the 1930s, sporting administrator, and honorary secretary of the Badminton Union of Ireland.
| Colin Maidment | |
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_Maidment.jpg) Maidment in 1936 | |
| Personal information | |
| Birth name | Colin Hyde Maidment |
| Country | Ireland |
| Born | 29 May 1908, Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 9 May 1955 (aged 46), Dublin, Ireland |
Early and personal life
editColin Hyde Maidment was born on 29 May 1908 to Everett Edwin Maidment, a commercial traveller, and Harriet Isabel Maidment (née Hyde).[1] In 1943, he married Barbara B. Cresswell in St Patrick's Church of Ireland, Dalkey, with whom he had three children.[2][3] Maidment's only son, Colin John Hyde Maidment, a student of Trinity College Dublin, died in an accident in 1970 at the age of 21, with his motorcycle being found by the Cliffs of Moher.[4][5][6]
A solicitor by profession, Maidmont was a partner in the Dublin legal firm of Messrs Longfield, Jameson and Hamilton at the time of his death in 1955.[3]
Sporting career
editThroughout his life, Maidment was active across a number of different sporting activities including lawn tennis, badminton, and Cricket.[3] In the late 1920s and early 1930s, he was reported as competing in club tennis in the Dublin region.[7][8]
By 1931, Maidment was playing for the Midland branch interprovincial badminton team.[9] 1933 saw Maidment win the mixed doubles with Norma Stoker in the Midland branch junior tournament for the second year in a row, as well as winning the men's singles for a second time.[10] In 1935, Maidment achieved his first senior national badminton title, winning the men's doubles of the Irish National Badminton Championships with E.L. Warren.[11][12] In the subsequent year Maidment won his second senior national title in the mixed doubles with Norma Stoker.[13]
Maidment continued playing league badminton until 1954 and competed in the mixed doubles of the Midland branch tournament a month before his death in 1955.[14][15]
Administrative roles and death
editMaidment was actively involved in the administration side of Irish badminton by 1942, when he was noted as being elected honorary secretary of the Midland branch.[16] As part of the Knights badminton club committee in 1946, along with Frank Peard, Geoff Trapnell and others, they set up a practice club to improve the standard of play among the better badminton players in Dublin, as this cohort of players was felt to only meet opponents of the same standard in tournaments.[17][18] This concept was similar to the Strollers badminton club established in Ulster by Major John McCallum.[17] 1946 also saw Maidment step down as honorary secretary of the Midland branch, so that he could focus more attention of national Badminton Union of Ireland business.[19] His contribution to the branch was recognised in 1947 when he was elected an honorary vice-president.[20] In 1949 year he represented the Badminton Union of Ireland alongside Geoff Trapnell at a meeting seeking to form an Irish sporting federation.[21] During the early 1950s, Maidment was a member of the management committee that strove to build a dedicated new badminton hall in Dublin. Working with Peard, Trapnell, and others, this resulted in the opening of a four court badminton hall at Whitehall Road, Terenure in 1954.[22]
Maidment's commitment extended beyond badminton also, and he was involved in tennis administration also.[23]
Maidment died in May 1955, aged 46, from coronary thrombosis.[24] At the time of his death, he was serving honorary secretary of the Badminton Union of Ireland and honorary president of the Midland branch.[3] His wife Barbara died in 1974.[25]
References
edit- ^ "Birth Register" (PDF). irishgenealogy.ie. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ "Marriage Register" (PDF). irishgenealogy.ie.
- ^ a b c d "Obituary Mr. C.H. Maidment". The Irish Times. 11 May 1955.
- ^ "T.C.D. student missing". The Irish Times. 2 December 1970.
- ^ "Missing T.C.D. student". The Irish Times. No. 1970-12-05.
- ^ "Deaths". The Irish Times. 16 December 1970.
- ^ "Inter-club (men's) - Class I". The Irish Times. 14 June 1929.
- ^ "County Dublin Titles". The Irish Times. 23 July 1930.
- ^ "The Interprovincial. Leinster side handicapped by lack of practice". The Irish Times. 4 November 1931.
- ^ "Nearing the end. Southern team's chance in the Irish junior cup final". The Irish Times. 28 March 1933.
- ^ "Irish Close Championships". Belfast Newsletter. 16 December 1935.
- ^ "All-Ireland Close Championships". The Irish Times. 16 December 1935.
- ^ "Three titles for Miss N. Stoker". The Irish Times. No. 1936-12-14.
- ^ "League Badminton". The Irish Times. 31 December 1954.
- ^ "Badminton tournament". The Irish Times. 22 April 1955.
- ^ "Badminton players will be pleased". Irish Independent. 14 October 1942.
- ^ a b "Improved play on the way". Dublin Evening Mail. No. 1946-11-14.
- ^ "Proposals to alter rules of badminton". The Irish Times. 17 October 1946.
- ^ "Badminton shuttles still short". The Irish Times. 26 September 1946.
- ^ "Midland branch, I.B.U.". The Irish Times. 26 April 1947.
- ^ "Federation of Sporting Bodies Discussed". The Irish Times. 29 November 1949.
- ^ "Extension of Terenure hall". The Irish Times. 31 January 1986.
- ^ "Lawn Tennis Notes". The Irish Times. 29 April 1950.
- ^ "Death Register" (PDF). irishgenealogy.ie. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ "Death". The Irish Times. 9 November 1974.