Julie Stockden

Julie Stockden
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Bornc. 1945
Wales
Sport
SportBadminton
ClubSwansea BC

Julie Stockden née Davies (born c. 1945) is a former international badminton player from Wales who competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Stockden was a member of the Swansea Badminton Club and represented Glamorgan at county level.

In 1963 she married Geoffrey Stockden and played under her married name thereafter. She represented the Welsh team at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she competed in the badminton events. Paired with Sue Hughes, they lost to the Scottish pair Joanna Flockhart and Helen Kelly in the women's doubles.

Sockden was a doubles specialist and also paired up with Angela Dickson in addition to Hughes during her career.

Stockden and was a team manager for West Glamorgan during the 1980s and was still playing at a regional county level in 1999.

References

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  4. ↑ "Scotland Edinburgh 1970". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
  5. ↑ "Commonwealth Results". Nottingham Guardian. 20 July 1970. p. 12. Retrieved 24 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Record entry in N.S. Badminton tournament". Staffordshire Sentinel. 31 January 1969. p. 15. Retrieved 25 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Badminton". Ireland's Saturday Night. 18 July 1970. p. 3. Retrieved 25 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Newcomers start with a big win". South Wales Daily Post. 22 October 1986. p. 25. Retrieved 24 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Avon calling, and there is nothing West Glam can do". South Wales Daily Post. 24 March 1999. p. 37. Retrieved 24 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.