Rebecca Field married name Rebecca Willgress is an English international lawn & indoor

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player. Field was the

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World Indoor singles champion.

Personal life

Field starting playing bowls at the age of eight,Mustard video: Norfolk’s Potters resort prepares for WIBC return
GY Mercury. 08-01-2014. Retrieved 30-01-2015. in her local village hall in York, giving the short mat game a go. She was attracted to the sport following a big drive in the 1990s to get people playing indoor bowls in their communities. Subsequent moves to Boston, Lincolnshire with her family and then to study at the University of East Anglia in Norwich only increased her appetite for the game. Field has language degrees in

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and Spanish and currently works for a Norwich-based marketing firm. Field is a supporter of the Championship team Norwich City Football Club.

Bowls career

Indoors

Field plays and competes for the Norfolk Bowling Club in Norwich.Norfolk Bowling Club - Our players
Norfolk Bowling Club. Retrieved 27-01-2015. She competed as a junior (U25) international player for several years and won multiple titles. Amongst her accomplishments as a junior, is being a two-time English and British Isles indoor singles champion. Field first competed for the England senior ladies team at indoor level in 2011, when she was named in the squad for the BIWIBC International Series.BIWIBC Series 2011 (England squad)
EIBA/EWIBA. Retrieved 26-01-2015. Field competed at her first World Indoor Championships in

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in the ladies singles event. Organisers invited Field to the competition after being impressed with her recent rise in the sport. Field reached her first World Indoor Bowls ladies singles final in

, defeating Alison Merrien in a tie-break setRebecca Field beats Alison Merrien to win world indoor title
BBC Sport. 24-01-2013. Retrieved 25-01-2015. becoming the youngest ever winner of the event at 23.World Indoor Bowls 2014: Rebecca Field to defend title
BBC Sport. 10-01-2014. Retrieved 25-01-2015. The victory gained Field a wild card entry into the WBT International Open and direct qualification for the World Indoor Championships in

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, where she was beaten by 18-year-old Katherine Rednall in the final.Katherine Rednall is youngest World Indoor Bowls winner
BBC Sport. 23-01-2014. Retrieved 25-01-2015. Field was twice runner-up in the 2016 World Indoor Bowls Championship and 2018 World Indoor Bowls Championship losing to

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and Katherine Rednall respectively.

Outdoors

Field won her first outdoor titles, winning the ladies two-wood singles and junior pairs events at the

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in 2014.NBA: Ladies Section - News
Norfolk Bowls Association. 14-08-2014. Retrieved 25-01-2015. She first competed for the England senior ladies team at outdoor level in 2015, when she was named in the squad for BWIBC International Series.2015 International Team Women
Bowls England. Retrieved 21-06-2015. Also at outdoor level in 2015, Field was selected to represent England at the

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and Atlantic Rim Games. She won gold in the ladies pairs, mixed fours and team events at the European Team Championships. In 2018 she finished runner-up to

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in the National Two Wood Singles.

Titles and finals

¹The Gedling Trophy is awarded to the best overall performing nation.

Awards

*Norwich Sportsperson of the Year (2013)

Personal life

Her husband is England international Wayne Willgress.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Field, Rebecca Living people Alumni of the University of East Anglia English female bowls players Indoor Bowls World Champions 1990 births Bowls European Champions