Joyce Fielder is a female former international
table tennis
Table tennis (also known as ping-pong) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the Tennis court, court on which players stand. Either individually or in teams of ...
player from
England
England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...
.
Table tennis career
She won the 1953 National girls singles title aged 15.
She was ranked number one in
Kent
Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...
.
She represented England at the
1957 World Table Tennis Championships
The 1957 World Table tennis, Table Tennis Championships were held in Stockholm from March 7 to March 15, 1957.
Medalists Team
Individual
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in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event) with
Ann Haydon
Ann Shirley Jones, (born Adrianne Haydon; 17 October 1938), also known as Ann Haydon-Jones, is a British former table tennis and lawn tennis champion. She won eight Grand Slam tennis championships in her career: three in singles, three in wome ...
,
Jill Rook
Jill Rook (married name Mills) is a former international table tennis and tennis player from England.
Table tennis career
Rook won a silver medal at the 1956 World Table Tennis Championships in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event) with Diane ...
and
Diane Rowe
Diane Schöler (née Rowe; 14 April 1933 – 19 June 2023) was an English table tennis player. In 1966 she married German table tennis player Eberhard Schöler, and from that time on competed for West Germany. From 1951 to 1972 she won several ...
for England.
Personal life
During her childhood she lived with her family at the New Eltham Sportsground where her father was a groundsman. Her great uncle was England cricket international
Arthur Fielder
Arthur Fielder (19 July 1877 – 30 August 1949) was an English cricketer who played as a fast bowler for Kent County Cricket Club and the England cricket team from 1900 to 1914. He played a major role in Kent's four County Championship wins i ...
.
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See also
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References
English female table tennis players
1938 births
Living people
20th-century English sportswomen
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