Pinkie Barnes

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Pinkie Barnes (born April 18, 1915 in Luton , † September 14, 2012 ) was an English table tennis player . At the 1949 World Cup , she won silver in doubles and with the team.

The birth name was Lavender Rosamund Marguerite Barnes . Since the name Lavender was often shortened to lavvy , which sounded too much like a urinal because of the term lavatory, she named herself Pinkie after a movie star from the 1930s .

Career

Pinkie Barnes participated in two world championships . In 1948 she reached the quarter-finals in doubles with Mae Clouther . In 1949 she won two silver medals. With the English women's team she lost to the USA in the final. The doubles with Joan Crosby finished second after a victory in the semifinals over the Hungarians Rozsi Karpati / Erzsebet Mezei and a final defeat against the Hungarian-Scottish couple Gizella Farkas / Helen Elliot .

In June 1952 she married the actor Sam Kidd († 1982). She then ended her career as a competitive athlete and worked in the advertising industry. She had a son (* 1954).

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
CLOSELY World Championship 1949 Stockholm SWE last 64 silver last 64 2
CLOSELY World Championship 1948 Wembley CLOSELY last 64 Quarter finals last 64

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Notice of death (accessed April 16, 2016)
  2. ↑ Pinkie Barnes (Lavender Kydd) (accessed April 16, 2016)
  3. ↑ Women's doubles at the 1948 World Cup on ittf.com (accessed April 16, 2016)
  4. ^ Table Tennis, March 1949, page 11 (accessed April 16, 2016)
  5. ↑ Table Tennis, September 1952, page 10 (accessed April 16, 2016)
  6. ^ Table Tennis, October 1954, page 7 (accessed April 16, 2016)
  7. ^ Pinkie Barnes results from ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed April 16, 2016)
personal data
SURNAME Barnes, Pinkie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barnes, Lavender Rosamund Marguerite (maiden name); Kydd, Pinkie (married name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Luton
DATE OF DEATH September 14, 2012