Dot Jenkinson was an international

lawn bowls 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 ...

competitor for

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Bowls career

World Championships

Jenkinson won the pairs

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with Lorna Lucas and the fours

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with Joan Vaughan, Olive Rowe 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 ...

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. 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 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 ...

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

National

She won six

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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