Peter Ferguson

Peter Ronald Ferguson (born 23 April 1960) is a former international badminton player from Northern Ireland who competed at three Commonwealth Games and was a three-time champion of Ireland.

Ferguson attended Coleraine Academical Institution for Boys, where he started playing badminton aged 11.^[2] He was left-handed and his first club was First Coleraine. He was coached by George Henderson during his early career.^[2]

Later Ferguson was a member of the Alpha Badminton Club in Lisburn^[3] and in 1978 received the Milk Marketing Board sports award for Ulster school leavers.^[4] He represented at Ulster provincial level^[5] and all-Ireland at international level,^[6] making his senior international debut in February 1981.^[7]

Ferguson was a teacher in Coleraine by profession^[1] and was a doubles specialist with partners including George Stephens,^[8] Clifford McIlwaine and Rikki Keag in men's doubles and Ann Stephens^[9] and Holly Lane in mixed doubles.^[10]

Ferguson represented the Northern Irish team^[11] at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia,^[12] where he competed in the four events.^[13]

He went to a second Commonwealth Games after being selected for the 1986 Northern Irish team^[14] at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland,^[15] where he competed in the three events.^[16] he then went to a third Commonwealth Games after being selected for the 1990 Northern Irish team^[17] at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand,^[18][19]

He was a three-time Irish champion at the Irish National Badminton Championships, winning the men's doubles in 1991^[20] and the mixed doubles in 1987 and 1991.^[21]