Audrey Bates


Audrey Glenys Bates was a Welsh international in four sports for Wales: table tennis, tennis squash and lacrosse.

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 with Audrey Coombs and Betty Gray for Wales.

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.

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.

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