Joyce Osborne is a former New Zealand international lawn bowler.

Bowls career

Osborne played in the team that won the

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in the triples event with

Pearl Dymond Pearl Dymond ( Sellars; 2 October 1925 – 14 January 2010) was a New Zealand international lawn bowler. Bowls career Dymond started bowling for the Stratford club in 1962 and won a silver medal at the 1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in W ...

and Jennifer Simpson at the

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. Four years later she represented New Zealand again at the Lawn bowls at the 1986 Commonwealth Games. Osborne has also won two

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s at the 1985

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in Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia and a silver medal two years later. She won the singles title at the 1972 and 1983

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when bowling for the Manawatu Bowls Club.

Personal life

Osborne's sister was Pearl Dymond and her brother is jockey Vic Sellars.

References

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