Billy Gilliland

Billy Gilliland
Personal information
Country	Scotland
Born	(1957-03-27) 27 March 1957 Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Medal record Men's badminton Representing Great Britain World Games 1981 Santa Clara Men's doubles Representing Scotland Commonwealth Games 1986 Edinburgh Men's doubles 1978 Edmonton Mixed doubles 1986 Edinburgh Mixed doubles European Championships 1984 Preston Men's doubles 1978 Preston Mixed doubles 1980 Groningen Mixed doubles

Billy Gilliland (born 27 March 1957) is a former badminton player from Scotland who excelled from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s.

Career

Although he won the Scottish national singles title in 1979, the tall, angular Gilliland was a doubles specialist at the international level with his greatest success coming in mixed doubles. Gilliland won mixed doubles at the prestigious All-England Championships with England's Nora Perry in 1985. He had previously reached the All-England final in both men's doubles and mixed doubles in 1982. He was a mixed doubles bronze medalist at the 1977 IBF World Championships with Joanna Flockhart. Though he won numerous tournaments abroad, perhaps Gilliland's most impressive badminton accomplishment was sharing twelve consecutive Scottish national mixed doubles titles equally with two partners, between 1976 and 1987. With regular partner Dan Travers, he won nine Scottish national men's doubles titles during that period, and men's doubles at the Commonwealth Games in 1986. He now coaches badminton in a badminton academy.

Achievements

World Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1981	San Jose Civic Auditorium, California, United States	Dan Travers	Thomas Kihlström Stefan Karlsson	15–10, 0–15, 9–15	Bronze

Commonwealth Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1986	Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland	Dan Travers	Andy Goode Nigel Tier	15–8, 15–5	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1978	Clare Drake Arena, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	Joanna Flockhart	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry	7-15, 7–15	Silver
1986	Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland	Christine Heatly	Ken Poole Linda Cloutier	15–12, 17–14	Bronze

European Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1984	Guild Hall, Preston, England	Dan Travers	Morten Frost Jens Peter Nierhoff	13–15, 14–18	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1978	Guild Hall, Preston, England	Joanna Flockhart	Steen Skovgaard Lene Køppen	4–15, 4–15	Bronze
1980	Martinihal, Groningen, Netherlands	Christine Heatly	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry	15–6, 7–15, 13–18	Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix (14 titles, 17 runners-up)

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Scottish Open	Dan Travers	Andy Goode Gerry Asquith	15–6, 15–7	Winner
1984	Dutch Open	Dipak Tailor	Michael Kjeldsen Mark Christiansen	9–15, 15–7, 17–18	Runner-up
1984	Canada Open	Dan Travers	Razif Sidek Jalani Sidek	11–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1985	Canada Open	Dan Travers	Jens Peter Nierhoff Henrik Svarrer	12–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1985	Scottish Open	Dan Travers	Michael Kjeldsen Mark Christiansen	2–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1986	Dutch Open	Dan Travers	He Xiangyang Tang Hai	13–18, 9–15	Runner-up
1986	Poona Open	Steve Baddeley	He Xiangyang Tang Hai	7–15, 6–15	Runner-up
1986	Scottish Open	Dan Travers	Jesper Knudsen Henrik Svarrer	10–15, 10–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1984	Scottish Open	Gillian Gowers	Duncan Bridge Sara Leeves	15–8, 15–7	Winner
1984	Dutch Open	Gillian Gowers	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks	14–17, 15–13, 6–15	Runner-up
1984	Denmark Open	Imelda Wiguna	Dipak Tailor Nora Perry	retired	Runner-up
1984	English Masters	Gillian Gowers	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks	15–18, 7–15	Runner-up
1984	Canadian Open	Karen Chapman	Nigel Tier Gillian Gowers	3–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1984	Scottish Open	Karen Chapman	Dipak Tailor Karen Beckman		Winner
1985	Hong Kong Open	Gillian Gowers	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks	10–15, 16–18	Runner-up
1985	Chinese Taipei Open	Gillian Gowers	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks	8–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1985	Japan Open	Gillian Gowers	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks	15–10, 18–15	Winner
1985	All England Open	Nora Perry	Thomas Kihlström Gillian Clark	15–10, 15–12	Winner
1985	English Masters	Gillian Gowers	Steen Fladberg Gitte Paulsen	15–7, 15–5	Winner
1985	Canada Open	Nora Perry	Jesper Helledie Johanne Falardeau	15–6, 15–9	Winner
1985	Scottish Open	Gillian Gowers	Rob Ridder Erica van Dijck	15–12, 10–15, 18–17	Winner
1986	Chinese Taipei Open	Nora Perry	Jesper Helledie Erica van den Heuvel	15–8, 15–3	Winner
1986	Japan Open	Nora Perry	Nigel Tier Gillian Gowers	17–15, 15–9	Winner
1986	Poona Open	Nora Perry	Rob Ridder Erica van den Heuvel	15–6, 15–8	Winner
1986	Hong Kong Open	Nora Perry	Andy Goode Fiona Smith	15–5, 15–3	Winner
1986	English Masters	Nora Perry	Jan-Eric Antonsson Gillian Gowers	12–15, 17–15, 17–14	Winner
1987	Chinese Taipei Open	Gillian Gowers	Steen Fladberg Gillian Clark	7–15, 18–14, 5–15	Runner-up
1987	Japan Open	Gillian Gowers	Lee Deuk-choon Chung Myung-hee	12–15, 5–15	Runner-up
1987	Hong Kong Open	Gillian Gowers	Jiang Guoliang Nong Qunhua	18–14, 13–15, 15–7	Winner
1987	Malaysia Open	Gillian Gowers	Steen Fladberg Gillian Clark	7–15, 6–15	Runner-up
1987	World Grand Prix Finals	Gillian Gowers	Stefan Karlsson Maria Bengtsson	8–15, 15–18	Runner-up

International Tournament (10 titles, 12 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1980	Welsh Open	Dan Travers	Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett	15–7, 11–15, 6–15	Runner-up
1980	Bells Open	Dan Travers	Ray Stevens Steve Baddeley	9–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1981	Bells Open	Dan Travers	Duncan Bridge Martin Dew	18–17, 15–12	Winner
1981	Dutch Open	Dan Travers	Andy Goode Mike Tredgett	15–5, 15–8	Winner
1982	Victor Cup	Dan Travers	Martin Dew Mike Tredgett	3–15, 2–15	Runner-up
1982	Scottish Open	Dan Travers	Mark Elliott Donald Burden	15–10, 15–10	Winner
1982	Dutch Open	Dan Travers	Mike Tredgett Martin Dew	15–11, 5–15, 15–17	Runner-up
1982	All England Open	Dan Travers	Razif Sidek Jalani Sidek	15–8, 9–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1982	Canadian Open	Dan Travers	Torbjorn Petterson Lars Wengberg	5–15, 3–15	Runner-up
1982	Irish Open	Dan Travers	Ed Romejin Bas von Barnau Sijthoff	15–7, 15–8	Winner
1982	Portugal Open	Dan Travers	Darren Hall Ray Stevens	13–15, 8–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1980	German Open	Christine Heatly	Steen Skovgaard Anne Skovgaard		Runner-up
1980	English Masters	Karen Chapman	Christian Hadinata Imelda Wiguna	6–15, 6–15	Runner-up
1981	Swedish Open	Nora Perry	Martin Dew Gillian Clark	15–4, 18–14	Winner
1981	Bell’s Open	Nora Perry	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks	17–16, 15–10	Winner
1981	India Open	Karen Chapman	Ray Stevens Nora Perry	12–15, 3–15	Runner-up
1981	Scottish Open	Gillian Gilks	Alastair Baker Linda Gardner	15–5, 15–0	Winner
1982	Bell's Open	Gillian Gilks	Ray Stevens Nora Perry	15–11, 7–7 retired	Winner
1982	Scottish Open	Gillian Gilks	Morten Frost Lene Køppen	18–13, 15–9	Winner
1982	All England Open	Karen Chapman	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks	10–15, 17–14, 7–15	Runner-up
1982	Indonesia Open	Karen Chapman	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks	15–5, 8–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1982	Canadian Open	Karen Chapman	Paul Johnson Claire Backhouse	10–15, 15–6, 15–8	Winner

External links

• Billy Gilliland at BWFBadminton.com
• Billy Gilliland at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
• Billy Gilliland at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Billy Gilliland at Commonwealth Games Scotland
• Billy Gilliland at the International World Games Association