Eileen Fletcher (née King) was an international

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-gre ...

competitor for

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Bowls career

In 1981 she won two

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s in the fours with

Mavis Steele Mavis Mary Steele (1928-1998) was an England international lawn bowler. Personal life Mavis was born in Kenton, Middlesex on 9 September 1928. She was a data preparation manager by trade. Bowls career In 1973 she secured a double silver at the ...

Betty Stubbings Betty Stubbings was an England international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career Stubbings was an England International from 1978 until 1992 and won double gold in the fours with Eileen Fletcher, Mavis Steele, Gloria Thomas and Irene Molyne ...

Gloria Thomas Gloria Thomas is a former international lawn and indoor bowls competitor for England. Bowls career In the 1960s, Thomas set up a ladies' section for her local bowling club in Helston. Thomas won a National Championships title in 1978. In 1981 ...

and

Irene Molyneux Emily Irene Molyneux (née Drew) (1922-2019) was an international lawn bowls competitor for England. Bowls career In 1981 Molyneux won double gold in the fours with Eileen Fletcher, Mavis Steele, Betty Stubbings and Gloria Thomas and the te ...

and team event (Taylor Trophy) and a

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in the triples at the

1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 1981 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Willowdale Bowling Club in Toronto, Canada, from 1 to 15 August 1981. Swaziland replaced Samoa two weeks before the competition started due to the Samoan General Strike Norma Shaw ...

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. She was the

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runner-up in 1978.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fletcher, Eileen Date of birth missing 2019 deaths English female bowls players Bowls World Champions Year of birth unknown