Gloria Thomas is a former international lawn and indoor bowls competitor for

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Bowls career

In the 1960s, Thomas set up a ladies' section for her local bowling club in

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. Thomas won the National Championships pairs title in 1978 with Anne Pascoe. In 1980, she took part in the world championship qualifier at the Whitnash Bowls Club for the

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in Canada. After qualifying for the 1981 championships she won two gold medals in the fours with Eileen Fletcher, Mavis Steele, Betty Stubbings and

Irene Molyneux Emily Irene Molyneux (née Drew) (1922-2019) was an international lawn bowls competitor for England. Bowls career In 1981 Molyneux won double gold in the fours with Eileen Fletcher, Mavis Steele, Betty Stubbings and Gloria Thomas and the ...

and the team event (Taylor Trophy) and the

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in the pairs at the

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. In 2003, she competed in the National Express EBWA triples championship.

References

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