Dot Jenkinson was an international lawn bowls competitor for

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Bowls career

World Championships

Jenkinson won the pairs

gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...

with

Lorna Lucas Lorna Lucas was an international lawn bowls competitor for Australia. Bowls career World Championships Lucas won the pairs gold medal with Dot Jenkinson and the fours bronze medal with Joan Vaughan, Olive Rowe and Jenkinson, at the 1973 Wor ...

and the fours

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 receive ...

with

Joan Vaughan Joan Vaughan is a former international lawn bowls competitor for Australia. Bowls career In 1973 she won three medals at the 1973 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Wellington. A silver medal in the triples with Olive Rowe and Mary Underwoo ...

Olive Rowe Olive Rowe is a former international lawn bowls competitor for Australia. Bowls career In 1973 she won three medals at the 1973 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Wellington. A silver medal in the triples with Joan Vaughan and Mary Underwo ...

and Lorna Lucas, at the

1973 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 1973 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Victoria Bowls Club in Wellington, New Zealand, from 3 to 18 December 1973. Elsie Wilkie won the singles which was held in a round robin format. The pairs was won by Australia whil ...

in Wellington. Four years later she won two gold medals and a silver medal at the

1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 1977 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held in Worthing, England, from 21 May to 5 June 1977. Elsie Wilkie successfully defended her singles title which was held in a round robin format. The pairs went to Hong Kong, the triples t ...

in Worthing. The two gold's were in the fours with

Connie Hicks Connie Hicks (née Haigh), was an international lawn bowls competitor for Australia. Bowls career World Championships Hicks won two silver medals and a bronze medal at the 1969 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Sydney. The silver medals came ...

, Lorna Lucas and

Merle Richardson Merle Erica Richardson (born 1930 in New South Wales) is a former international lawn bowls competitor for Australia. Bowls career World Championships Richardson won the fours and team event gold medals at the 1977 World Outdoor Bowls Champion ...

and the team event (Taylor Trophy). The silver was in the pairs with Lucas.

National

She won six Australian National Bowls Championships in the fours and secured 22 Red Cliffs Bowls Club Championship wins in the singles.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jenkinson, Dot Date of birth missing Possibly living people Year of birth missing Australian female bowls players Bowls World Champions 20th-century Australian women Place of birth missing