Wendy Jean King is an

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international

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player.

Bowls career

Wendy King won a silver medal at the

2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 12 to 24 January 2008. Safuan Said won the men's singles Gold. New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island coun ...

pairs and competed in the

2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Lockleys Bowling Club in Adelaide, Australia, from 24 November to 9 December 2012. Some of the qualifying rounds were held at the nearby Holdfast Bowling Club in Glenelg North. Leif Se ...

and

2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Avonhead, Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Ch ...

. The bowler who represents

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has won three National titles; in 2001 she won the National Triples followed by the 2006 and 2009 Two Wood Singles Championship. In 2013, she won three medals at the European Bowls Championships in Spain and in 2015, she won the pairs and fours bronze medals at the

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. In 2016, she was part of the fours team with

Rebecca Wigfield Rebecca Wigfield is an English international bowls player. Career history Rebecca Wigfield has won two National Championships; in 2013 she won the National Two‐Wood Singles followed by the 2015 National Fours. In 2016, she won the Bowls Engl ...

Jamie-Lea Winch Jamie-Lea Marshall (née Jamie-Lea Winch) (born 18 October 1990) is an English international lawn bowler. Bowls career Jamie competed for England in the women's pairs at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal with Natalie Me ...

and

Ellen Falkner Ellen Marie Falkner (née Alexander; born 12 June 1979) is an English international lawn and indoor bowler from Cambridge, England. Falkner was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services ...

who won the silver medal at the

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. In 2023, she represented England in the British Isles series.

References

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