Irene Foote was an international

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competitor for

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Bowls career

World Championships

Foote won three

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s in the triples with Noeleen Scott and Cis Winstanley, the fours with Scott, Winstanley and Verna Devlin and the team event (Taylor Trophy) at the 1973 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in

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. Four years later she won a

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as part of the New Zealand team at the

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National

Foote won five National Champion of Champion singles titles and was inducted into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame in 2013.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Foote, Irene Possibly living people Year of birth missing (living people) New Zealand female bowls players Bowls World Champions