Rita Jones
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| Nationality | Welsh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1938 (age 87–88) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Gilfach Bargoed BC, Merthyr BC & Islwyn BC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rita Jones is a former Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
Bowls career
[edit]In 1985 Jones won a triples bronze medal at the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Preston, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.[2]
She won the gold medal in the fours at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, a silver medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games and a bronze medal in the pairs with Ann Sutherland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.[3]
Jones has won four medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships including a gold medal in the triples at the 1993 inaugural tournament in Florida.[4][5][6][7]
Jones has also won the 15 National indoor singles titles; five singles in 1979, 1984, 1986, 1991 and 1992, the pairs in 1993, the triples four times and fours on five occasions.[8]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Competitor List". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ↑ "Rita Jones profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ↑ "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]
- ↑ "Jones, D.R. (1995) 'S Africa's bowlers reclaim top spot'". The Times. 24 April 1995. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.[dead link]
- ↑ "'For the Record' (1995)". The Times. 1 May 1995. p. 32. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.[dead link]
- ↑ "Competitions - Past Winners & Players". WLIBA.
- Living people
- Bowls players at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Welsh female bowls players
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Wales
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Wales
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Wales
- 1938 births
- Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in lawn bowls
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in lawn bowls