Maraia Lum On is a former international lawn bowls competitor for

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Bowls career

Lum On started bowling in 1976 and was the 1982 Fiji Sportswoman of the Year. She had been inducted into the Fiji Sports Hall of Fame and in 1986 was the joint flag bearer for Fiji at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. Lum On won the pairs

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 ...

with

Willow Fong Willow Fong is a Tongan born, former international lawn bowls competitor for Fiji and Australia. Biography Fong is originally from Tonga and started bowling in 1974. Fong won the pairs silver medal with Maraia Lum On at the 1981 World Outdo ...

at the

1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 1981 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Willowdale Bowling Club in Toronto, Canada, from 1 to 15 August 1981. Swaziland replaced Samoa two weeks before the competition started due to the Samoan General Strike Norma Shaw ...

in Toronto, Canada and four years later won the singles and pairs silver medal at the

1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 1985 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Reservoir Bowling Club in Preston, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia from 13 February to 4 March 1985. Merle Richardson of Australia won the Sylko Trophy (Singles Gold medal), Aust ...

in Melbourne, Australia. She won four medals at the

Asia Pacific Bowls Championships The Asia Pacific Bowls Championships formerly the Pacific Rim Championships was a bowls, lawn bowling competition held between national bowls organisations in the Asia Pacific region. The event was inaugurated in 1985, and it was initially held ...

including two gold medals in the 1987 pairs, in

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, Papua New Guinea and the 1989 pairs in

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, Fiji.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lum On, Maraia Date of birth unknown Fijian female bowls players Bowls players at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Fiji Place of birth missing (living people) Living people