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Lawn Bowls At The 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's Pairs
The women's pairs competition in Bowls, Lawn Bowls at the 2010 Commonwealth Games began on October 4, 2010 and finished on October 11, 2010. Results Qualifying – round robin Section A Section B Knockout stages See also *Lawn bowls at the 2010 Commonwealth Games References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lawn bowls at the 2010 Commonwealth Games - Women's pairs Lawn bowls at the 2010 Commonwealth Games 2010 in women's bowls, Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna McNally
Donna McCloy ( Donna McNally, born 2 September 1972) is a Northern Irish international lawn bowler. Bowls career International McNally won the triples gold medal at the 1999 Atlantic Bowls Championships with Margaret Johnston and Dorothy Kane. Six years later she won the fours bronze medal at the 2005 Atlantic Championships. She then won the bronze medal in the fours at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch. After taking part in the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2014 Commonwealth Games she was selected as part of the Northern Ireland team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland. National McNally won the 2000 pairs title at the Irish National Bowls Championships, bowling for the Comber Club. Twelve years later she won the 2012 fours title at the National Championships bowling for the Ballymena Bowls Club. A further ten years later in 2022, she won a third national title after winning the triples. Personal life She is married to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Brown (bowls)
Caroline Brown (born 27 August 1980) is a Scottish international indoor and lawn and indoor bowls player. Bowls career Brown was born in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire on 27 August 1980. She won the 2007 World Indoor Bowls Championship women's singles and five years later who won a gold and bronze medal at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. In 2009, she won the pairs gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. After winning the 2010 Scottish National Bowls Championships she subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 2011. She won the gold medal at the 2014 World Cup Singles in Warilla, New South Wales, Australia. In 2018, she was selected as part of the Scottish team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland that won a silver medal in the Triples with Kay Moran and Stacey McDougall. In 2019 she won the triples silver medal and singles bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. In 2022, she competed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Smith (bowls)
Hannah Smith (born 14 July 1986) is a Scottish and former Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career Smith from Carmarthen won the fours gold medal at the 2009 Atlantic Bowls Championships. She then won a bronze medal in the pairs at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and two years later won another bronze in the triples at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide. Smith later represented Scotland and in 2019 she won the Scottish National Bowls Championships pairs title with Claire Johnston. Smith and Johnston then went on to win the 2022 pairs title at the British Isles Bowls Championships in Llandrindod Wells. Smith will represent Scotland at the 2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet .... In 2022, she duly compete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anwen Butten
Margaret Anwen Butten (born 29 August 1972 in Carmarthen) is a Welsh international Bowls competitor for Wales. Bowls career Her passion for bowls began at the age of 13 after watching her Mother play for the Welsh International team. Seeing her mother play inspired her to play. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games she won a bronze medal along with Joanna Weale in the women's pairs event. Butten competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne but was unsuccessful in winning a medal. In 2007 she won the triples silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships and followed this with a fours gold medal in Johannesburg two years later (2009). She then competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games along with Hannah Smith in the women's pairs and won a bronze medal. During the run up to the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow she was chosen for the Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay in Carmarthen. The Baton carried a message from Queen Elizabeth II as Head of the Commonwealth. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Monkhouse
Amy Pharaoh (born 20 March 1979 in Grimsby), also known as Amy Gowshall and Amy Monkhouse, is an English international lawn and indoor bowler. Personal life In August 2002, she married and became Amy Monkhouse. She has since reverted to her birth name of Amy Gowshall but then remarried in 2022 to become Amy Pharaoh. Career Gowshall won a bronze medal in the Women's pairs at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. In 2004, she won the gold medal in the fours with Jayne Christie, Jean Baker and Ellen Falkner at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games before representing England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games where she won, with Ellen Falkner, a gold medal in the woman's pairs competition. In 2007 she won the triples gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships and in 2011 she won the fours gold medal at the Atlantic Championships. In 2018, she won the National Two Wood Singles defeating Rebecca Field in the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Falkner
Ellen Marie Falkner (née Alexander; born 12 June 1979) is an English international lawn and indoor bowler from Cambridge, England. Falkner was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to lawn bowls. Personal life She retired from international bowls and relocated to Australia in 2021 after being appointed as Bowls Australia’s High Performance Manager for Para Bowls. Bowls career World Championships In 2004, she won the gold medal in the fours with Jayne Christie, Jean Baker and Amy Monkhouse at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. In 2016, she was part of the fours team with Rebecca Wigfield, Wendy King and Jamie-Lea Winch who won the silver medal at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch. She then won a bronze medal in the pairs with Sophie Tolchard. In 2020 she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia. Commonwealth Games Ellen represented England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zuraini Khalid
Zuraini Khalid is a Malaysian female international lawn bowler. Bowls career Khalid won a silver medal in the women's pairs (with Nor Hashimah Ismail) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Two years later she won another silver medal but this time at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, in the fours event with ( Auni Fathiah Kamis, Nur Fidrah Noh and Azlina Arshad) which was held in Adelaide, Australia. In 2016, she won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic The Hong Kong International Bowls Classic is an international lawn bowls competition. It is one of the most prestigious events on the lawn bowls calendar. It started out as a pairs competition for men in 1981, with a singles event added for men ... singles title and finished runner up in the pairs and in 2017, won a gold medal in the Lawn bowls at the Southeast Asian Games. References Malaysian female bowls players Living people 1987 births Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Commonwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nor Hashimah Ismail
Nor Hashimah Ismail (born 6 April 1971) is a Malaysian lawn bowler. Bowls career World Championships In 2008, Ismail won a bronze medal in the fours at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. Eight years later in 2016, she won a second bronze medal, with Azlina Arshad and Nur Fidrah Noh in the triples at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch. Commonwealth Games Nor competed in both the women's pairs and women's fours events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. She failed to qualify from the group stages in the women's pairs event but won a silver medal in the women's fours Other events She has won eleven medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including three gold medals. In 2010, she won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic singles title and previously had won the 2008 pairs title with Siti Zalina Ahmad Siti Zalina Ahmad (born 2 June 1979) is a Malaysian international lawn bowler. Bowls career Siti Zalina Ahmad is from Perak, in Malay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essie Sanchez
Esterina Sanchez (born 22 April 1958), known as Essie Sanchez, is a Philippine-born Norfolk Islander international lawn bowler. Bows career Sanchez won the gold medal in the pairs with Carmen Anderson at the 1997 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in Warilla. Six years later she won a pairs bronze in Warilla and then won a third medal at the Atlantic Championships during the 2007 tournament in Christchurch. She was selected to represent the Norfolk Islands at four Commonwealth Games. The first was in the singles at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, the second in the pairs at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the third in the pairs and fours at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. In 2022, she competed in her fourth Games at the 2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
