Joan Hunt (bowls)
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Joan Hunt is a former international lawn bowls competitor for England.


Bowls career

In 1977 she won the
silver medal A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc ...
in the fours 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 Worthing () is a seaside town in West Sussex, England, at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of Chichester. With a population of 111,400 and an area of , the borough is the second largest component of the Brighton and Hov ...
with
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,
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and
Mabel Darlington Mabel Phoebe Darlington (5 December 1916 – 1999) was a Canadian-born international lawn bowls competitor for England. Bowls career In 1977 she won the silver medal in the fours at the 1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing with Mar ...
and also competed in the pairs. She won the 1969 & 1975 singles title and the 1975 pairs at the England Women's National Championships when bowling for Atherley BC and Hampshire. She was a member of Farnborough Bowling Club, holding the office of Ladies President in 1966 & 1967. She was Club Champion three times and won the Ladies' Championship seven times between 1962 and 1972.


References

Living people English female bowls players Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-bowls-bio-stub