Helen Wong (1925-2012) was a Hong Kong international lawn and indoor bowler.

Bowls career

Wong won a

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in the 1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship pairs in

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with Elvie Chok. Four years later she won a

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in the singles and a silver medal in the team event (Taylor Trophy) at the

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. In 1985 she won a third world medal when winning a

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in the triples at the

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with

Sandra Zakoske Sandra 'Sandi' Zakoske is a former Hong Kong international lawn and indoor bowler. Zakoske won a silver medal in the triples at the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne with Rae O'Donnell and Helen Wong. She also won a triples me ...

and

Rae O'Donnell Rae O'Donnell is a former Hong Kong international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career O'Donnell won a gold medal at the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Toronto in the triples with Lena Sadick and Linda King and a silver medal in the ...

. She won the singles bronze medal at the inaugural 1985

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. Wong played bowls at the Craigengower CC Bowls Club and won the National singles title seven times in 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1971, 1974 & 1978. She died in 2012.

References

Hong Kong female bowls players 1925 births 2012 deaths Bowls World Champions {{HongKong-sport-bio-stub