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Charmaine Smith (bowls)
Charmaine Smith is an Australian Paralympic lawn bowler. At the 1976 Toronto Games, she won a gold medal with Adele Jackson Adele Jackson is an Australian Paralympic lawn bowler. At the 1976 Toronto Games, she competed in two events and won a gold medal in the Women's Pairs B with Charmaine Smith. References External links * Lawn bowls players at the 1 ... in the Women's Pairs B and a silver medal in the Women's Singles B. References Clare won 1 gold medal for pairs with Adele Jackson and 1 gold medal in the singles. Lawn bowls players at the 1976 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Australia Paralympic silver medalists for Australia Living people Paralympic lawn bowls players for Australia Australian female bowls players Year of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the 1976 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in lawn bowls Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-Paralympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawn Bowls
Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a "jack" or "kitty". It is played on a bowling green, which may be flat (for "flat-green bowls") or convex or uneven (for "crown green bowls"). It is normally played outdoors (although there are many indoor venues) and the outdoor surface is either natural grass, artificial turf or cotula (in New Zealand). History Bowls is a variant of the ''boules'' games (Italian ''Bocce''), which, in their general form, are of ancient or prehistoric origin. Ancient Greek variants are recorded that involved throwing light objects (such as flat stones, coins, or later also stone balls) as far as possible. The aspect of tossing the balls to approach a target as closely as possible is recorded in ancient Rome. This game was spread to Roman Gaul by soldiers or sailors. A Roman sepulchre in Florence shows people playing this game, stooping d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
