Cissie Winstanley (née Lithgow, 26 December 1908 – 25 July 2006) was an international lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.

Bowls career

She won the triples and fours

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at the

1973 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 1973 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Victoria Bowls Club in Wellington, New Zealand, from 3 to 18 December 1973. Elsie Wilkie won the singles which was held in a round robin format. The pairs was won by Australia whil ...

in Wellington, New Zealand and also won the gold medal in the team event (Taylor Trophy). Four years later she won a

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in the triples at the

1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 1977 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held in Worthing, England, from 21 May to 5 June 1977. Elsie Wilkie successfully defended her singles title which was held in a round robin format. The pairs went to Hong Kong, the triples t ...

in Worthing, England. An additional

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was won in the team event. Winstanley won 15

New Zealand National Bowls Championships The New Zealand National Bowls Championships is organised by Bowls New Zealand. Bowls was introduced in New Zealand in 1861 but the first national championships were not held until 1914. Men's singles champions Men's pairs champions Men's fou ...

; (Singles – 1965, 1968, 1973; Pairs – 1957, 1958, 1959, 1965, 1984; Fours – 1958, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1977, 1978) all when bowling for the Marewa Bowls Club.

Honours and awards

In the

1975 Queen's Birthday Honours The Queen's Birthday Honours 1975 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were published on 6 June 1975 for ...

, Winstanley was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to bowling. She was inducted into the New Zealand Sport Hall of Fame in 1996.

References

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