Sarah Clarke (Black Rod)

**Dame Sarah Davina Clarke** (an haife ta a ranar 12 ga Oktoba 1965) shugabar Burtaniya ce. Daga 13 ga Fabrairu 2018 zuwa 8 ga Yuli 2025, ta yi aiki a matsayin Black Rod,  mace ta farko Black Rod a cikin tarihin shekaru 650 na wannan rawar. A lokacin mulkinta, an yi mata lakabi da "The Lady Usher of the Black Rod"; ga waɗanda suka riga suka hau mulki, an yi amfani da "The Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod".   Ita ce kuma mace ta farko da ta riƙe mukamai na Serjeant-at-Arms na House of Lords, Sakataren Ubangiji Great Chamberlain kuma aka naɗa ta Jami'in Order of the Garter .

Kafin ta hau wannan matsayi, ta kasance Daraktar Gasar Cin Kofin da ke kula da harkokin Gasar Cin Kofin Wimbledon .  Ita ce mace ta farko da ta riƙe wannan muƙamin kuma mace ta farko da ta zama Daraktar Gasar Cin Kofin Grand Slam .

A ranar 11 ga Yuni 2022, ta yi jawabi a bainar jama'a a Liverpool, Ingila don yin jawabi a taron shekara-shekara na Cibiyar Mata .

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Clarke a ranar 12 ga Oktoba, 1965 a Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, Ingila.  Ta yi karatu a Makarantar Sakandare ta 'Yan Mata ta Wolverhampton, makarantar nahawu a Wolverhampton : ita ce kuma makarantar Shugaban Majalisar Malamai ta farko, Baroness Hayman . Tana da digirin farko a Kimiyyar Wasanni da Nazarin Kasuwanci (1988) daga Cibiyar Ilimi Mai Girma ta Roehampton (yanzu Jami'ar Roehampton ), Takardar Shaidar Talla (1993) daga Cibiyar Talla ta Chartered, da kuma digirin Master of Science a Rikicin Hadari da Gudanar da Bala'i (2005) daga Jami'ar Leicester .  Jami'ar Wolverhampton ta ba ta digirin girmamawa a shekarar 2018. 

## Sana'a a wasanni
A tsawon shekaru talatin da ta yi tana aiki, Clarke ta riƙe manyan mukamai da mukamai na gudanarwa, tare da aiki da dabaru, tana gabatar da manyan tarurruka da kuma jagorantar ayyuka a wurare daban-daban a faɗin Birtaniya da ƙasashen waje. Aikin Clarke na farko bayan kammala karatunsa shine aiki a matsayin mai shirya tarurruka a Durham. A tsakiyar shekarun 1990, ta ci gaba har ta jagoranci sadarwa tsakanin 'yan wasa a Turai don Ƙungiyar Wasan Tennis ta Mata a matsayin babbar manaja ta sadarwa, a tarurruka a faɗin Turai da Gabas Mai Nisa.

Ta yi aiki a Ƙungiyar Kwallon Kafa a ƙungiyoyin ayyuka da tarurruka tsawon shekaru da dama, sannan kuma ta yi aiki a filin wasa na Wembley a matsayin manajan ayyuka a ƙarshen shekarun 1990, inda ta haɗa manyan wasannin motsa jiki da kuma manyan wasannin kade-kade.

Tsakanin 1996 da 2012, ta yi aiki a wasannin Olympics guda huɗu, ciki har da wasannin Olympics na 2012 da aka yi a Landan  kuma an ba ta goyon baya a 2004 don yin aiki a kan Takardar Bid na London Olympics. Yayin da take a UK Sport (2000–2005) tana cikin kwamitin gudanarwa na gasar zakarun Turai da na duniya, ciki har da wasanni kamar su dawaki, wasannin motsa jiki, dambe da ƙwallon ƙafa. Ta kasance mai ba da gudummawa kuma edita a *Major Sports Events: The Guide*, tare da ƙungiyar a UK Sport.

Clarke ta yi aiki a Gasar Cin Kofin Wimbledon sau 32; ta fara ne a matsayin wacce ta kammala karatunta a shekarar 1986, tana kula da 'yan wasa maza da mata, kuma an nada ta daraktan gasar a shekarar 2013, wacce ke da alhakin tsara tarurruka, gudanarwa da isar da su, tsaro, kula da 'yan wasa, tsaron jama'a, kula da abinci da kuma hulda da 'yan wasa. Ta kasance cikin manyan tsare-tsare da kuma ci gaban wurin da ake yi a Wimbledon .

Ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da ta ƙirƙira a matsayin daraktan gasar shine "Jerin", wani tsari na tattara bayanai game da wuraren da za a yi la'akari da su da kuma inganta su daga kowace gasar. An yi hira da ita a *[[The Daily Telegraph|jaridar Daily Telegraph]]* a shekarar 2017, ta ce "Muna rayuwa ne don cikakkun bayanai. Muna son cikakkun bayanai". 

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