Maureen Heppell

Maureen Heppell is a female former international table tennis player from England.[1]

Maureen Heppell
Personal information
Nationality England
Born1949
Northumberland

Table tennis career

She represented England at the 1967 World Table Tennis Championships in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event) with Karenza Smith and Mary Shannon-Wright.[2][3][4]

Personal life

Her father Len Heppell (a ballroom dancer) helped train Pop Robson after Robson had met Maureen on the table tennis circuit.[5] Len went on to help many leading football players and managers and Maureen married Robson.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Juniors Set the Pace - page 9" (PDF). Table Tennis Guide.
  2. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. "Corbillon Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de.
  4. "1967 Corbillon Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
  5. "The Shearer parallel appeals to Robson, Newcastle's hero of '69". The Independent.
  6. "Tributes to dance hero who inspired the stars". The Journal.


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