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Nancy Evans (table tennis)

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Nancy Evans (1903 – 28 July 1998) was a Welsh table tennis player.

Career

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In the 1930s and 1940s Nancy Evans was the leading table tennis player in Wales. Evans was appointed as Welsh TT Association General Secretary in 1945, a position she hold until 1989. She was member of the first committee of the European Table Tennis Union.[1] She was elected as ETTUs first ‘permanent’ Honorary Secretary/Treasurer in 1960.[1]

She was married to Roy Evans in 1933.

The ETTU Cup was renamed ETTU Nancy Evans Cup after her in 1984.

She died in Cardiff.

References

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  1. ^ a b History Archived 2012-08-08 at the Wayback Machine, ettu.org, retrieved 2 March 2014
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