Sue Brimble

Sue Brimble
née Hughes
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Bornc. 1950
Cwmbran, Wales
Sport
SportBadminton
ClubCwmbran BC
Medal record
Representing  Wales
Welsh Nationals
Gold medal – first place1974, 1976–1980Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place1977singles
Welsh International
Gold medal – first place1975Women's doubles

Susan Brimble née Hughes (born c. 1950) is a former international badminton player from Wales who competed at two Commonwealth Games and is a seven-times champion of Wales.

Biography

Hughes was from Cwmbran and represented Wales at international level.

She represented the Welsh team at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she competed in the badminton events. In December 1970 she married John Brimble and competed under married name thereafter.

She was a doubles specialist and paired up with Julie Stockden and Linda Blake in the women's doubles and in mixed doubles, her partners included Brian Jones and Phil Sutton during her career. In 1975 she won the Welsh International with another partner Angela Dickson.

Brimble went to a second Commonwealth Games when selected as part of the Welsh team for the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Canada. In 1981 she won the Gwent Championships mixed doubles with Phil Sutton.

She earned 63 caps for her country, being the first Welsh woman to earn 50 caps and was a seven-times champion of Wales at the Welsh National Badminton Championships.

References

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  9. ↑ "The Nelson touch will be missing". North Wales Weekly News. 4 November 1982. p. 43. Retrieved 24 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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  12. ↑ "Ebbw Vales's Phil Sutton". Gwent Gazette. 29 October 1981. p. 17. Retrieved 24 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ↑ "Badminton Wales History". Welsh Badminton. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  14. ↑ "National Championships". Badminton People. Retrieved 25 February 2026.