Pinkie Barnes

"Pinkie" Barnes (18 April 1915 – 14 September 2012) was an English international table tennis champion.[1]

Pinkie Barnes
Personal information
Nationality England
Born(1915-04-18)18 April 1915
Died14 September 2012(2012-09-14) (aged 97)
Medal record
Representing  England
World Table Tennis Championships
1949Women's Team
1949Women's Doubles

She was born Lavender Rosamund Marguerite Barnes, the nickname 'Pinkie' apparently referring to her babyhood complexion. Pinkie did not like the short forms of any of her three Christian names and was keen to be called a nickname. She played for England 11 times between 1946 and 1950 and won various trophies including the Championship of the Netherlands.[2]

She was doubles finalist winning a silver medal at the 1949 World Table Tennis Championships with Joan Crosby, they lost in the final to the then World Champion, Hungary's Gizi Farkas and Scot Helen Elliot. Barnes won another silver medal as part of the women's team consisting of Joan Crosby, Margaret Franks and Adele Wood.[3]

She was considered particularly glamorous among sports personalities of the late 1940s.[4]

In 1952, she married the actor Sam Kydd; their son is the actor Jonathan Kydd. Following her marriage, Pinkie became an advertising copywriter, working for Masius & Ferguson, and was one of the first women in the UK to hold such a position.[5]

See also

References
  1. Pinkie Barnes obituary, Daily Telegraph, 4 October 2012. Accessed 2 November 2012
  2. "Pinkie Barnes". Telegraph. 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
  3. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  4. Lavender Barnes obituary, The Times, 5 October 2012. Accessed 3 November 2012
  5. Jonathan Kydd website
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