Lesley Hartwell is a former 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 ...

Career

In 1998 Hartwell won the Women's singles

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in lawn bowling at the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by several unprecedent ...

in Kuala Lumpur. She defeated local hero

Saedah Abdul Rahim Saedah Abdul Rahim is a former Malaysian international lawn bowler. Bowls career In 1998 Saedah won the Women's singles silver medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. She lost in the final to Lesley Hartwell of South Africa desp ...

of Malaysia 25-14 in the final after recovering from a 3-11 deficit. The following year in 1999, she won the singles silver medal at the

Atlantic Bowls Championships The Atlantic Bowls Championships was a lawn bowling competition held between national bowls organisations in the Atlantic region. The event was a qualifying event for the World Outdoor Bowls Championships until the 2021 announcement that it wou ...

in her home country. She still represents the Eastern Province.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hartwell, Lesley Living people South African female bowls players Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa 1949 births Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games