Piwen Karkar (born 18 March 1995) is an international Papua New Guinea lawn bowler.

Bowls career

Commonwealth Games

Karkar represented Papua New Guinea in the triples and fours at the

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World Championships

In 2020, she was selected for the

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in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2023, she was selected again as part of the team to represent papua New Guinea at the

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. She participated in the women's singles and the women's pairs events.

Asia Pacific

Piwen won a

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in the pairs with

Catherine Wimp Catherine Wimp (born 1975) is an international Papua New Guinea lawn bowler. Bowls career Commonwealth Games Wimp represented Papua New Guinea in the singles and pairs at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the triples and fours at the 2018 Commo ...

at 2019

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in the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Karkar, Piwen Living people Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Papua New Guinean female bowls players 1995 births Commonwealth Games competitors for Papua New Guinea People from Morobe Province