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Jayne Roylance

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Jayne Roylance
Personal information
Born(1947-10-08)8 October 1947
Fakenham, Norfolk, England
Died3 November 2018(2018-11-03) (aged 71) [1]
Sport
ClubCounty Arts Bowls Club (Norwich)
Medal record
Representing  England
World Outdoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 1988 Auckland Triples
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Auckland Pairs

Jayne Elizabeth Roylance (née Ward) (8 October 1947– 3 November 2018) was a lawn bowls international for England.[2]

Bowls career

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Roylance won a silver medal in the women's triples with Norma Shaw and Barbara Fuller during the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Auckland.[3]

Two years later she won a bronze medal in the pairs with Mary Price at the Commonwealth Games[4] and four years later Roylance represented England in the fours event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.[5][6][7]

In addition she has also won three National titles and one national competition representing Norfolk.[8] The fours in 1985,[9] the two wood singles in 1988[10] and the triples in 1989[11]

Family

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Her brothers Chris Ward and David Ward were both international players.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Obituary". Bowls England.
  2. ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  3. ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  4. ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. ^ "1994 Athletes". Team England.
  6. ^ "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  8. ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
  9. ^ "Outside Ena snatches title". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 9 August 1985. Retrieved 18 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "Loses in last four to international". Hinckley Times. 26 August 1988. Retrieved 21 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "Rising star is easy winner". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 10 August 1989. Retrieved 21 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ "Norfolk's former England star Jayne Roylance dies at the age of 71". Eastern Daily Press. 8 November 2018.