Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- A former policeman, Lance Tankard is currently a landscape designer. Lance is married to Sue Barker, a former tennis player who is currently an English television presenter.
- Sue was born and raised in Paignton, where she started playing tennis when she was only ten years old. The two got married in 1988, and have now been married for well over three decades. The two live on the border of Surrey and Sussex together with their dogs and no children.
- Sue created a successful career both in tennis and TV. At the age of 21, she was the third-ranked tennis player. She quit playing tennis in the year 1984 and got a job. Sue is popularly known for various TV shows such as ‘A Question of Sport.’
- Lance met his wife Sue Barker while he was on a tennis holiday in Portugal. Sue, at the time, was working for David Lloyd’s tennis clubs as a coach. They coincidentally met again in England at their local tennis club during dinner when both of their flats kitchens were under construction, and their relationship was born.
Charity Work :
- Lance Tankard and his wife, being ardent dog lovers, were involved in a charity that aims to rehome stray dogs. The K-9 Angels is a charity run by Victoria Eisermann and Pola Pospieszalska, the singer, plus a team of other trustees.
- The charity was set up in 2011, and so far, they have managed to rehome over 800 dogs.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Lance and his wife Sue love dogs. They live with several dogs in their home, such as Baiatu or Batty, as they call him and Charlie. Lance and Sue adopted Baiatu when it was just eight years old, an age that is not easy to rehome.
- The couple has had some interesting challenges. Lance, who is well over 6ft tall and Sue, who is 5ft 4, won a court case which would allow them to raise the height of her country home, the Cotswolds cottage, to be 5ft higher. After winning this case, Lance’s head would be protected from banging on the bedroom ceiling and while accessing the adjacent dressing room. The neighbours, together with Stanton Parish Council and retired High Court judge Sir Richard Tucker were opposing this move as they claimed that it would block out light from reaching their area. The retired High Court judge, who was their neighbour, also claimed that a window that would be overlooking his garden would be an intrusion of his privacy. The move was given the go-ahead by the council in Gloucestershire after they ascertained that the effect would be minimal. Lance and his wife had bought the house in 2007.
- Over the years, Lance has had problems accessing parts of the house where he had to crouch in some instances. There were incidences where he scratched his head on the ceiling blade beams. In another event, he has also had an event where he knocked himself out.
