Colleen Grondein is a former South African international

lawn bowler Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which players try to roll their ball (called a bowl) closest to a smaller ball (known as a "jack" or sometimes a "kitty"). The bowls are shaped (biased), so that they follow a curve ...

Bowls career

Grondein won a gold medal in the Women's fours at the

1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games ( French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, between 18 and 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, box ...

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with Anna Pretorius,

Lorna Trigwell Lorna Marie-Therese Trigwell, married name Lorna Smith, is a South African international lawn bowler. She is regarded as one of the leading players in the world after winning multiple medals. Bowls career Commonwealth Games Trigwell has won fou ...

and

Hester Bekker Hester Bekker is a former international lawn and indoor bowls competitor for South Africa. Bowls career In 1996, Bekker won the gold medal in the triples at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide. Four years later, Bekker just m ...

. It was the first time that South Africa had won a gold medal since 1958, following the return from their

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Commonwealth ban enforced in 1961. In 1995 she won the triples gold medal and fours silver medal at the

Atlantic Bowls Championships The Atlantic Bowls Championships was a bowls, lawn bowling competition held between national bowls organisations in the Atlantic region. The event was a qualifying event for the World Bowls Championship, World Outdoor Bowls Championships until ...

in her home country. She bowls for the Lahee Park Bowling Club.

References

Living people South African female bowls players Bowls players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Year of birth missing (living people) Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists in lawn bowls {{SouthAfrica-bowls-bio-stub