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Carol Duckworth

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Carol Duckworth
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1940-08-15) 15 August 1940 (age 84)
Sport
ClubBraintree BC
Medal record
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Manchester fours
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 pairs

Carol Duckworth is an English international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

Bowls career

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Duckworth played international bowls for Zambia before switching allegiance to England. In 2002, she was part of the gold medal winning team in the fours at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester along with Ellen Alexander, Shirley Page and Gill Mitchell.[2][3]

Duckworth has also won the national championship pairs representing Braintree Bowling Club and Essex in 1997[4] and became the British champion after winning the 1998 pairs at the British Isles Bowls Championships.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Carol Duckworth profile". Bowls Tawa. Archived from the original on 19 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Day six in Manchester". BBC. 30 July 2002.
  3. ^ "England women take gold". BBC. 30 July 2002.
  4. ^ "Bowls". Birmingham Daily Post. 9 August 1990. Retrieved 21 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council. 30 July 2013. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2021.