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Joan Osborne (bowls)

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Joan Osborne
Personal information
NationalityWelsh
Sport
SportBowls
ClubHoward Gardens BC
Sophia Gardens BC
Medal record
Representing  Wales
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1977 Worthing triples
Bronze medal – third place 1977 Worthing fours
Silver medal – second place 1977 Worthing team
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 1976 fours

Joan Osborne is a former international lawn and indoor bowls competitor for Wales.[1]

Bowls career

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World Championships

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In 1977 she won the gold medal in the triples, a bronze medal in the fours with Enid Morgan, Margaret Pomeroy and Janet Ackland and a silver medal in the team event (Taylor Trophy), at the 1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.[2]

National

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Osborne has won three Welsh National Bowls Championships; the pairs in 1969 and the triples in 1972 and 1987.

References

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  1. ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  2. ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.