Audrey Bates

Audrey Bates
Personal information
Nationality  Wales
Born (1922-04-04)4 April 1922
Cardiff
Died (2001-11-21)21 November 2001
Cardiff
Medal record
Representing  Wales
World Table Tennis Championships
1951Women's Team

Audrey Glenys Bates (1922-2001) was a Welsh international in four sports for Wales: table tennis, tennis squash and lacrosse.[1] [2]

Early life

She was educated at Howell's School, Llandaff, and was later the school's games coach.

Table tennis career

She won a bronze medal in the 1951 World Table Tennis Championships in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event) with Audrey Coombs and Betty Gray for Wales.[3]

Squash career

She was an international squash player and competed in the British Open Squash Championships as a seeded player. She played for Wales between 1947 and 1965.[4]

Tennis career

She first played tennis at the Radyr club age just 9, before joining the Whitchurch and Cardiff Lawn Tennis Club. Audrey played at Wimbledon in the singles and doubles and was a member of the Welsh lawn tennis team from 1947 to 1954.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ↑ "England v Wales 15th January 1949". Table Tennis England.
  3. ↑ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  4. 1 2 "Sporting Glenys was an all-rounder; Obituaries". South Wales Echo.
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