Wendy Line
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Sport | |
| Club | Southampton BC |
Medal record | |
Wendy Line (née Clarke) is an English international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
Bowls career
[edit]Line only started bowling at the age of 40 but won a bronze medal in the pairs at the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Auckland.[2]
Her greatest achievement came in the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Auckland when she won the gold medal in the women's singles.[3] She represented England in the singles event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland[4][5] and four years later represented England in the fours event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.[6][7][8]
Under her maiden name of Clarke she won the 1981 National fours[9] and the 1982 national singles.[10] In 1985, she won the national triples title, bowling for Southampton BC.[11]
Personal life
[edit]In 1984, she married fellow international bowler Peter Line, who died in 2025.[12]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Wendy Line Profile". Bowls tawa.
- ↑ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ↑ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ↑ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
- ↑ "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ↑ "1994 Athletes". Team England.
- ↑ "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ↑ "Bowls". Daily Mirror. 14 August 1981. Retrieved 22 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Bowls". Sandwell Evening Mail. 13 August 1982. Retrieved 18 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "No disgrace in final defeat". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 15 August 1985. Retrieved 21 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Bowls: Mixed fortunes for family pair". The Daily Telegraph. 26 February 2003. Retrieved 24 February 2025.