Tennis player and TV personality

Sue

Barker

Sue Barker interviewing Andy Murray after he won the Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship, 2016. (By 'Renamed User 329872503' under CC BY 4.0)An advert for The Palace Hotel, Torquay. This is where Sue Barker learned to play tennis, the hotel let her practice for free after school. (Devon Heritage Centre: 6354Z/Z/1) (https://devon-cat.swheritage.org.uk/records/6354Z/Z/1)A very early photo of the tennis courts at The Palace Hotel. This was probably the actual tennis court that Sue Barker learned to play on, many years after this photograph was taken. (Devon Heritage Centre: 6354Z/Z/1)Article about Barker playing Tennis at Wimbledon. Published in the Aberdeen Press and Journal, 15 June 1976. Reproduced by permission from DC Thomson and Co Ltd and The British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk).Article about Sue Barker returning to the Palace Hotel to play tennis after she had become very successful. The article is not kind about her, so can you think of any reason why this journalist might have been mean? This shows us that sometimes newspaper articles can be biased. Published in the Birmingham Daily Post, 27 October 1976. Reproduced by kind permission of Mirrorpix.

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Who were they?

What is your favourite sport? Do you have a game you play after school? Sue Barker used to play tennis after school. She got really, really good at it.

What did they do?

Have you ever dreamed of playing sport professionally, or maybe having a career on TV? Sue Barker did both.

When they lived

Do you play tennis at school? Or perhaps in the park? Sue Barker lived and went to school in Paignton in the 1960s, but she was so good at tennis that a hotel in Torquay let her practice there every day after school.

Interesting fact

Do you know which sporting event has a traditional meal of strawberries and cream? Barker played at Wimbledon and now presents coverage about the tournament on the TV.

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Sue Barker interviewing Andy Murray after he won the Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship, 2016. (By 'Renamed User 329872503' under CC BY 4.0)An advert for The Palace Hotel, Torquay. This is where Sue Barker learned to play tennis, the hotel let her practice for free after school. (Devon Heritage Centre: 6354Z/Z/1) (https://devon-cat.swheritage.org.uk/records/6354Z/Z/1)A very early photo of the tennis courts at The Palace Hotel. This was probably the actual tennis court that Sue Barker learned to play on, many years after this photograph was taken. (Devon Heritage Centre: 6354Z/Z/1)Article about Barker playing Tennis at Wimbledon. Published in the Aberdeen Press and Journal, 15 June 1976. Reproduced by permission from DC Thomson and Co Ltd and The British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk).Article about Sue Barker returning to the Palace Hotel to play tennis after she had become very successful. The article is not kind about her, so can you think of any reason why this journalist might have been mean? This shows us that sometimes newspaper articles can be biased. Published in the Birmingham Daily Post, 27 October 1976. Reproduced by kind permission of Mirrorpix.

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