Sparkling Lunch with Sue Barker CBE

Wellbeing of Women is delighted to invite you to join us for a literary lunch with award-winning broadcaster and former professional tennis player Sue Barker CBE, on Tuesday 13th June 2023 at Fortnum & Mason.

Guests will enjoy a sparkling reception, followed by a delicious lunch in the beautiful Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon.

Sue Barker will discuss her autobiography, Calling the Shots, an inspiring and personal memoir in which she tells her own story for the first time. In the book, Sue takes us inside the showbiz world of 70s and early 80s tennis, she reveals the battles she fought for hard-won success in two careers, gives us a front row seat on the nation's biggest sporting dramas, and a fascinating insider's understanding of competitors under pressure. This is the remarkable life story of a tennis champion, an award-winning broadcaster who has brought sporting history into our living rooms for decades, and a trail-blazing woman who has always called the shots.

The event will also provide an opportunity to raise funds, via a fabulous raffle, for Wellbeing of Women’s vital work to save and change the lives of women, girls and babies through research, education and advocacy.

Thank you to Cama for generously sponsoring this event.

We very much hope you will be able to join us for what promises to be a highly enjoyable and entertaining afternoon.

About our Speaker:

Sue Barker CBE is an award-winning broadcaster and former professional tennis player. During her tennis career, Sue won fifteen WTA singles titles, including a Grand Slam - the French Open in 1976, aged 20. At her career height, she was Britain's No 1 player, with a world ranking of No 3.

As a broadcaster, in 2001 she became the first woman to win the Royal Television Society's best sports presenter award. She led the BBC's reporting on the Olympics for over a decade, including London 2012. She anchored SPOTY for 19 years, was quizmaster on A Question of Sport for 24 years and has fronted coverage of Wimbledon for the last three decades.

In 2020, she won The Sunday Times Sportswomen of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award. Sue lives in the Cotswolds with her husband Lance. Calling the Shots is her first book.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Fortnum & Mason, 181 Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom