Joanna Flockhart

Joanna Doreen Flockhart, née Liddle (born 1947) is a retired female badminton player of Scotland, who won a medal at the world championships and competed at three Commonwealth Games.

Biography Born Joanna Liddle, in Lancashire, she lived in Harrogate, Yorkshire and began her badminton career whilst still single.

She married fellow badminton player Adam Flockhart in 1968, and settled in Dunfermline after the marriage and played under her married name thereafter.

Flockhart represented the Scottish team at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she competed in the badminton events.

In 1972, she won the first of her 18 titles at the Scottish National Badminton Championships. She won the bronze medal at the 1977 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Billy Gilliland. and also won medals at the Commonwealth Games and European Championships.

In 1981 she retired from county matches due to the 450-mile round trip from her home in Dunfermline to play for her Yorkshire county team.