Ellen Cawker is a former South African international

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and national team manager.

Bowls career

Cawker was born in 1946 in

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but emigrated to Rhodesia in 1956. In 1999 she won the fours gold medal at the

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with

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and

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. Three years later in 2002, she won the

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in the women's pairs with Jill Hackland at the

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. She retired from international competition after the Commonwealth Games and then served as South Africa team manager until 2007 but still plays for the Margate Bowls Club. She won the 2010 fours at the

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bowling for the Margate Bowls Club.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cawker, Ellen Living people 1946 births South African female bowls players Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games