For other people with the same name, see Kenneth Binns.
Kenneth Keith Binns is a former hardball squash player as well as tennis player from Newcastle, NSW, Australia. Born February 8, 1935 in Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia. Father of three children : Todd Binns who was also a World Ranked Squash Champion, Susan Masse and Jo-Anne Binns. Grandfather of Susan's children, Desiree Kotnala and Anthony Sabato. Having lived in Naples Florida, at the age of 85, he has recently returned to Australia and is now living in Queensland.
Sporting Person: BINNS, KEN, Squash/tennis
Ken Binns won the Newcastle, Australia Squash Championship from 1960 to 1966, the NSW Country Squash Titles until asked not to play because of his previous dominance. He represented Australia on the first touring side to England in 1962/3, reaching the semi-finals of the British Open Squash Championships. Ken had previously been outstanding in tennis: Newcastle Singles champion 1956/57/60 and NSW Country Singles Champion 1957/58/59/61. In an amazing feat of stamina and skill, Ken won both the Tennis and Squash Country Championships which were run concurrently in Wollongong, Australia circa 1960. In 1967 Binns accepted an offer to be touring player and coach at the Montreal Squash and Badminton Club and the Mount Royal Tennis Club in Canada.
Ken was the Newcastle and NSW Country Champion in tennis from 1957 to 1967. At the same time, from 1961 to 1966, he was the Newcastle and NSW Country Champion in squash.
He represented Canada in the World Masters in tennis, was a finalist in the North American Open Squash championship, which was won by Sharif Khan, son of Hashim Khan, the famed World Champion of many years. Ken continued to win numerous World Doubles titles with Mohibullah Khan.
Binns competed a handful of times at the Canadian Open tennis championship, most notably reaching the round of 16 in 1969.[3] Binns defeated Georges Goven at the Canadian Open in 1972 on clay in the second round.
ReferencesEdit
^. Squashtalk.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
^Zug, James. . Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
^ "ATP World Tour.com player activity page for singles". Retrieved 23 September 2010.
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