Janice Maxwell
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 December 1946[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Castle Douglas BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Janice H. Maxwell (born 1 December 1946) is a former Scottish International and triple World Bowls gold medal winning lawn bowler.[2]
Bowls career
[edit]Watson represented the Scottish team[1] at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand,[3][4] where she competed in the fours event, with Ann Watson, Joyce Lindores and Annette Evans.[5] At the time of the Games she was an auxiliary nurse.[1]
In 1992 she won a gold medal in both the triples and the fours at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Ayr.[6] She also won a bronze medal in the fours at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria with Betty Forsyth, Elizabeth Dickson and Dorothy Barr.[7][8]
In 1993 she won the fours gold medal at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships[9][10] and four years later won a fours bronze at the Championships.[11][12]
She also won the Scottish National Bowls Championships singles title in 1986 bowling for Castle Douglas, beating Annette Evans of Willow Bank BC 21-19 in the final, played at Stewarton BC.[13]
In 2014, Janice set a record for her club by winning her 25th championship for Castle Douglas.[14]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "The glory hunters". Aberdeen Evening Express. 24 January 1990. p. 16. Retrieved 7 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ↑ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Pan Books Ltd. pp. 39–46. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ↑ "Scotland Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
- ↑ "Bruces's golden shot". Aberdeen Evening Express. 2 February 1990. p. 1. Retrieved 7 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ↑ "profile". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ↑ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
- ↑ "'Shaw strikes gold'". The Times. 25 October 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.[dead link]
- ↑ "'Guernsey finally falter". The Times. 1 November 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.[dead link]
- ↑ "Dunwoodie, G. (1997) 'Hawes and Price take title for England'". The Times. 27 August 1997. p. 39. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.[dead link]
- ↑ "Dunwoodie, G. (1997) 'Price savours singular feat'". The Times. 3 September 1997. p. 46. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.[dead link]
- ↑ "Previous Winners". Bowls Scotland. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ↑ "Janice is named bowling champion for 25th time". Daily Record. Retrieved 21 April 2021.