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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.
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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
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