Esme Hester Johanna Kruger (born 29 November 1971) is a South African international

lawn bowler 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 ...

Bowls career

She was born in

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, South Africa and was selected as part of the South African team for the

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on the

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in Queensland where she claimed a

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in the Fours with

Elma Davis Elma Davis (1 April 1968 – 14 April 2019) was a South African international lawn bowler. Bowls career In 2016, Davis won a bronze medal with Susan Nel and Sylvia Burns in the triples at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchur ...

, Johanna Snyman and Nicolene Neal. She won the 2018 singles title at the

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bowling for the Christian Brothers Collage Old Boys (CBCOB) Bowls Club. This was her second title after previously winning the fours in 2012. In 2019, she won the fours silver medal and triples bronze medal at the

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and in 2020 she was selected for the

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in Australia. In 2021, she won the women's fours title and finished runner-up in the pairs at the South African National Bowls Championships bowling for the Christian Brothers College Old Boys (CBCOB) Bowls Club. This was her third national title. In 2022, she competed in the women's triples and the Women's fours at the

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. In the fours the team of Johanna Snyman, Thabelo Muvhango and

Bridget Calitz Bridget Calitz (born 3 September 1997) is a South African international lawn bowler. She has represented South Africa at the Commonwealth Games and won a silver medal. Biography Calitz started bowling in 2011 and in 2019, she finished runner up ...

reached the final and won a silver medal after losing in the final 17-10 to India. In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent South Africa at the

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. She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kruger, Esme 1971 births Living people Sportspeople from Pretoria Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls South African female bowls players Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games