Rhoda Constance Ryan (née Hawke; 4 January 1925 – 22 April 2002) was an international lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.[1]
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| Birth name | Rhoda Constance Hawke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 January 1925 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 April 2002 (aged 77) Matamata, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Stratford BC Matamata Bowling Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bowls career
editRyan won the singles bronze medal at the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne, Australia. In 1990 she represented New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games and won a silver medal in the fours with Adrienne Lambert, Lyn McLean and Marlene Castle.[2]
She won two medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including a gold medal in the 1985 pairs at Tweed Heads, New South Wales.[3]
Ryan won the 1980 singles, the 1973 & 1988 pairs and the 1981, 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1994 fours titles at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling mainly for the Matamata Bowls Club [4] and over 50 club titles.[5]
The eight times National Champion died in April 2002.[6]
References
edit- ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ World Bowls Committee (1985). 5th Women's World Bowls Souvenir Programme, page 32. World Bowls Committee.
- ^ "Bowls: Final roll-up for a bowls champion". New Zealand Herald.