Lynne Whitehead
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 March 1973 Norwich, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Norfolk Bowling Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lynne Maria Bowen (nee Whitehead) (born 1973) is an English international lawn bowler.[1]
Bowls career
[edit]She was born in 1973 and won the bronze medal in the pairs with Amy Gowshall at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.[2][3]
In 2007 she won the triples gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[4][5]
She bowled for the Norfolk Bowling Club until 2003 and has won six English National titles (the 2006 triples and 2006 fours and the junior singles in 1994[6] & 1998[7]).[8] The 2009 Pairs with Jeannie Baker and 2011 Champion of Champions Singles. She subsequently won the 1995 Junior singles and 2007 triples and fours at the British Isles Bowls Championships.[9]
She won the World Indoor Mixed Pairs in 2003 with Tony Allcock.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Athletes Profile:Lawn Bowls". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ↑ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
- ↑ "Lynne Whitehead profile". Bowls Tawa. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ↑ "2007 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ↑ "Bowls". The Times. 18 July 2007. p. 61. Retrieved 20 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ↑ "Bowls". Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition). 1 August 1994. Retrieved 30 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "For the Record". The Times. 10 August 1998. p. 34. Retrieved 27 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ↑ "Lynne aiming for bowls success". BBC Sport. 17 July 2002.
- ↑ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council. 30 July 2013.