Following her success in the World Ladies Veterans’ Singles title earlier this year, Barbara Capper – the Physical Education teacher at St Dominic’s Priory School in Stone – has captured two further Racketlon world titles.
Racketlon is a combination sport where competitors play a sequence of the four most popular racket sports – table tennis, badminton, squash and tennis. The world championships – held at the end of November – began well, with Barbara partnering Sidse Trier, a school teacher from Denmark, and winning the Ladies Veterans’ Doubles title.
Barbara then successfully defended her mixed doubles title, which she had previously won in the Netherlands in 2013 with her partner Rakesh Gupta. The final saw Barbara and Rakesh take on the Swedish/Danish pairing of Anneli Druve and Jack Broe Larsen. The opposition were no match for the English pair’s superior tennis net play and the title was secured by a winning margin of 12 points.
Barbara was also on the podium receiving the bronze medal as she represented English team in the team competition.
Congratulations to Barbara – what a performance!
