Colleen Piketh (' Webb; born 26 December 1972) is a South African international lawn bowler.

Bowls career

In 2007 she won the singles gold medal at the

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. In 2011 she won the pairs and fours silver medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. Piketh competed in the women's pairs and the women's singles events at the

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where she won a

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and

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respectively. She won a gold medal in the women's pairs at the World Bowls

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in 2015, together with Nici Neal. Piketh also competed in the singles format at the same tournament, losing to Guernsey's Lucy Beere 21-15 in the medal playoff game. Piketh was part of South Africa's team for the

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in Gold Coast,

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where she won a bronze medal in the

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event and a silver medal in the pairs. She won the 2018 pairs at the South African National Bowls Championships bowling for the George Bowls Club with Elma Davis. In 2019, she won the pairs gold medal at the

and in 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Gold Coast, Australia, but the event was cancelled due to the

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. In 2021, she won a second women's pairs title at the South African National Bowls Championships, this time partnering Thabelo Muvhango for the Discovery Bowls Club. In 2022, she competed in the women's singles and the women's pairs at the

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. In 2023, she was selected again as part of the team to represent South Africa at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. She participated in the women's singles and the women's pairs events. In the singles, Piketh finished second in her group before losing her quarter final to Katherine Rednall. Piketh was selected for the national team at the 2024 African States Tournament in Botswana.

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