Phillis Nolan (10 February 1946 – 16 March 2022) was an

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lawn bowler.

Bowls career

World Outdoor Championship

Nolan partnered

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in a very successful pairs team and they won three consecutive World Outdoor Bowls Championships gold medals. The three world titles came at the

1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 1988 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held in Henderson, Auckland, New Zealand, from 30 January to 14 February 1988. David Bryant won a third singles Gold defeating Willie Wood in the final. New Zealand won the Pairs and Triple ...

, 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.

Atlantic Championships

In 1993, she won the pairs gold medal with Barbara Cameron at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships. She went on to win three more medals at the Championships.

British Isles

She also won the British Isles Bowls Championships singles title three times in 1992, 1993 and 2005, a record only bettered by fellow Irish bowler

and won the 2014 triples title at the

Irish National Bowls Championships The Irish National Bowls Championships combines Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Traditionally the game was played mainly in Northern Ireland but the Kenilworth Bowling Club of Dublin joined the Irish Bowls Association in 1906 which pr ...

bowling for the Blackrock Bowls Club.

Family

Her son John Nolan was the 1991 singles champion at the

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nolan, Phillis 1946 births 2022 deaths Bowls World Champions Irish lawn bowls players People from Bray, County Wicklow