Iris Rogers

Iris L. Rogers (née Cooley, born 1930) is a former English badminton player.

Iris Rogers
Personal information
Full name	Iris L. Rogers
Country	England
Born	1930 (age 94–95) Kensington, Greater London, England
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  England Uber Cup 1963 Wilmington Women's team Commonwealth Games 1966 Kingston Women's doubles

Badminton career

Born Iris L Cooley ^[1] she came to prominence in the early fifties when playing doubles. Partnering June Timperley née White the pair broke the stranglehold of the Danish pairs during the era of Danish domination by claiming three All England women's doubles titles. She also claimed an All England mixed doubles titles with John Best.^[2]

Although mainly concentrating on doubles Rogers was also a very good singles player reaching the final of the All England in 1954 before losing out to Judy Devlin. Other successes included nine Irish open titles, nine Scottish open titles, three Dutch opens, one Swedish open and one Danish open title.

She represented England and won a silver medal in the women's doubles with Angela Bairstow, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.^[3][4][5][6]

Personal life

She married in William Rogers in 1956 and competed as Rogers and not Cooley afterwards.

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1966	Convention Hall, Kingston, Jamaica	Angela Bairstow	Jenny Horton Ursula Smith	7–15, 7–15	Silver

International tournaments (27 titles, 21 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1953	Irish Open	June White	11–8, 11–4	Winner
1954	Scottish Open	Elisabeth O'Beirne	0–11, 11–3, 12–11	Winner
1954	Irish Open	Heather Robson	7–11, 2–11	Runner-up
1954	All England Open	Judy Devlin	7–11, 5–11	Runner-up
1955	Scottish Open	June Timperley	11–8, 11–3	Winner
1955	Irish Open	Sheila Moore	11–1, 11–2	Winner
1956	Scottish Open	Heather Ward	6–11, 11–4, 11–5	Winner
1957	Irish Open	Heather Ward	12–9, 11–12, 11–1	Winner
1957	Swedish Open	Inger Kjærgaard	11–4, 5–11, 8–11	Runner-up
1958	Scottish Open	Heather Ward	11–6, 3–11, 4–11	Runner-up
1958	Dutch Open	June Timperley	11–4, 11–8	Winner
1959	Irish Open	Heather Ward	4–11, 8–11	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1953	Denmark Open	June White	Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen Marie Ussing	17–16, 15–1	Winner
1953	Irish Open	June White	Elisabeth O'Beirne Audrey Stone	15–11, 15–11	Winner
1953	All England Open	June White	Agnete Friis Marie Ussing	11–15, 15–2, 15–9	Winner
1954	Scottish Open	June White	Nancy Horner I. S. Vallance	15–10, 15–9	Winner
1954	Irish Open	June White	Nancy Horner J. C. Smart	15–7, 15–4	Winner
1954	All England Open	June White	Judy Devlin Susan Devlin	7–15, 15–12, 8–15	Runner-up
1955	Scottish Open	June Timperley	E. Tyre Wilma Tyre	15–5, 15–2	Winner
1955	Irish Open	June Timperley	Elisabeth O'Beirne Audrey Stone	15–11, 15–10	Winner
1955	All England Open	June Timperley	Judy Devlin Susan Devlin	18–15, 10–15, 15–9	Winner
1956	Scottish Open	June Timperley	M. Crockett Heather Ward	15–7, 15–3	Winner
1956	All England Open	June Timperley	Judy Devlin Susan Devlin	18–17, 12–15, 12–15	Runner-up
1957	Irish Open	June Timperley	Barbara Carpenter Heather Ward	18–13, 11–15, 15–2	Winner
1957	Swedish Open	June Timperley	Hanne Roest Heather Ward	15–2, 15–7	Winner
1957	All England Open	June Timperley	Kirsten Granlund Anni Hammergaard Hansen	15–7, 11–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1958	Scottish Open	June Timperley	Barbara Carpenter Heather Ward	15–13, 15–7	Winner
1958	Dutch Open	June Timperley	Agnete Friis Inger Kjærgaard	15–5, 15–5	Winner
1958	All England Open	June Timperley	Margaret Varner Bloss Heather Ward	12–15, 2–15	Runner-up
1959	Irish Open	June Timperley	Barbara Carpenter Heather Ward	15–6, 15–7	Winner
1959	All England Open	June Timperley	Judy Devlin Susan Devlin	11–15, 15–10, 15–11	Winner
1962	Scottish Open	Jenny Pritchard	Margaret Barrand Ursula Smith	14–18, 15–10, 1–15	Runner-up
1963	Irish Open	Angela Bairstow	Brenda Parr Jenny Pritchard	9–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1965	Irish Open	Margaret Barrand	Jenny Pritchard Ursula Smith	8–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1966	Scottish Open	Jenny Horton	Angela Bairstow Margaret Barrand	10–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1967	Irish Open	Gillian Perrin	Margaret Boxall Susan Pound	8–15, 7–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1953	Irish Open	David Choong	Eddy Choong June White	6–15, 6–15	Runner-up
1954	Scottish Open	John Best	Tony Jordan June White	18–14, 2–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1954	All England Open	John Best	Finn Kobberø Inge Birgit Hansen	15–12, 15–0	Winner
1955	Scottish Open	John Best	Tony Jordan June Timperley	15–7, 3–15, 15–10	Winner
1956	Scottish Open	John Best	Tony Jordan June Timperley	15–12, 10–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1957	Irish Open	John Best	Tony Jordan June Timperley	15–11, 17–18, 6–15	Runner-up
1957	Swedish Open	John Best	Tony Jordan June Timperley	14–17, 3–15	Runner-up
1958	Scottish Open	John Best	Tony Jordan June Timperley	15–9, 15–8	Winner
1958	Dutch Open	Hugh Findlay	John Timperley June Timperley	15–12, 15–12	Winner
1959	Irish Open	Ronald Lockwood	Tony Jordan June Timperley	10–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1963	Irish Open	W. C. E. Rogers	Kenneth Derrick Margaret Barrand	9–15, 15–4, 11–15	Runner-up
1967	Irish Open	Roger Mills	Tony Jordan Angela Bairstow	15–5, 15–11	Winner