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Tally Ho Tennis Club, Birmingham UK

Ann Haydon-Jones was awarded the CBE having won the Women’s Singles Championship at Wimbledon in 1969 and also the Mixed Doubles in the same year partnering Fred Stolle.

Ann was born in Kings Heath in 1938 and during the early years of the war she, the only child, lived in the country with her parents. Later they moved to a small semi-detached house in Yarningale Road, Kings Heath. Her father, Adrian Haydon, ran a small printing business but was a keen table tennis player and was the captain of the English team for years. Her mother also represented England at table tennis. They started a table tennis club which met at a local scout hut, taking along their small daughter. It was not long before they introduced her to the game by piling up flattened table tennis tables so that she could reach the table.

In 1949 she was preparing to take her 11 plus when she fell seriously ill with a viral infection of the kidneys. In Selly Oak hospital, it took her over 3 months to recover. The doctor tried out the new drug penicillin otherwise she would have died. However she gained a place at King’s Norton Grammar School where she did well at languages.

At 13 she played table tennis for Birmingham versus other Midlands teams. The team now played at a church hall in Moseley. She started playing lawn tennis at Kings Heath Tennis Club and won Junior Championships at the Priory Edgbaston and at the TALLY HO TC. In table tennis she was the runner up in 3 world championship matches, but then concentrated on lawn tennis.
 
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