Annette Evans
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 May 1944 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn and indoor bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Willowbank BC, Glasgow (outdoor) West of Scotland (indoor) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Annette C. G. Evans (born 28 May 1944) is a former international lawn bowler who wona world championshiop gold and competed at two Commonwealth Games.
Biography
[edit]Evans won the Women's Scottish National Bowls Championships title in 1987[1] and subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1988.[2] Her biggest accomplishment was winning gold in the fours during the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship with Sarah Gourlay, Elizabeth Christie and Frances Whyte.[3] She also competed at the 1986 Commonwealth Games alongside Gourlay, Whyte and Jen Menzies.[4]
Evans represented the Scottish team[5] at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand,[6] where she competed in the fours event,[7] with Janice Maxwell, Joyce Lindores and Ann Watson.[8]
Evans retired from international competition later that year in 1990.[9]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Previous Winners". Bowls Scotland. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ↑ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ↑ "Three England Newcomers". The Daily Telegraph. 1 July 1985. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ↑ "Results from the Commonwealth Games Yesterday". Birmingham Evening Mail. No. 28 July 1986. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ↑ "The glory hunters". Aberdeen Evening Express. 24 January 1990. p. 16. Retrieved 7 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Scotland Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
- ↑ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Pan Books Ltd. pp. 39–46. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ↑ "Bruces's golden shot". Aberdeen Evening Express. 2 February 1990. p. 1. Retrieved 7 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.