Corinna Helen Folkins, née MacDonald (1918–1998), was a United States international lawn bowler.

Bowls career

World Championships

Folkins won a

bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receives ...

at the

1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 1977 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held Beach House Park, Worthing, Beach House Park in Worthing, England, from 21 May to 5 June 1977. Elsie Wilkie successfully defended her singles title which was held in a round robin for ...

Worthing Worthing ( ) is a seaside town and borough in West Sussex, England, at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of Chichester. With a population of 113,094 and an area of , the borough is the second largest component of the Br ...

, in the triples event with

Dorothy Bacon Dorothy Bacon is an American former international lawn bowler. Bowls career Bacon won a bronze medal at the 1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing, England in the triples event with Corinna Folkins and Louise Godfrey Louise Godfrey ...

and

Louise Godfrey Louise Godfrey is a former United States international lawn bowler. Bowls career Godfrey won a bronze medal at the 1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing Worthing ( ) is a seaside town and borough in West Sussex, England, at the f ...

National

Folkins was the 1981 pairs national champion and the Southwest Division American Women's Lawn Bowls Association (AWLBA) president while bowling for the Casta del Sol Bowls Club.

Personal life

She married fellow international bowler

Dick Folkins Richard Wilson Folkins (1917-1987), was a United States international lawn bowler. Bowls career He won a gold medal in the triples with Bill Miller and Clive Forrester at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing. He also won a b ...

in 1947.

References

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