Janet Ackland (1938–2019) was a
Welsh
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international
lawn and indoor bowler.
Bowls career
World Championships
Ackland won two
bronze medal
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s and a
silver medal
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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 ...
; the silver medals came in the pairs with
Lilian Nicholas
Lilian Nicholas (born 24 November 1909, date of death unknown) was an international Bowls, lawn and indoor bowls competitor for Wales.
Bowls career
In 1977 she won the bronze medal in the pairs at the 1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Wor ...
and the fours with
Joan Osborne,
Enid Morgan
Enid Morgan is a former international lawn and indoor bowls competitor for Wales.
Bowls career
In 1977 Morgan won the gold medal in the triples with Margaret Pomeroy and Joan Osborne, a bronze medal in the fours with Pomeroy, Osborne and Janet ...
and
Margaret Pomeroy
Margaret Pomeroy is a former international lawn and indoor bowls competitor for Wales.
Bowls career World Championships
In 1977 she won the gold medal in the triples with Enid Morgan and Joan Osborne, bronze medal in the fours with Morgan, Osb ...
, the silver medal was in the team event (Taylor Trophy).
Eleven years later the pinnacle of her long career came when she took the singles
gold medal
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Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...
at the
1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship
The 1988 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held in Henderson, Auckland, New Zealand, from 30 January to 14 February 1988.
David Bryant won a third singles Gold defeating Willie Wood in the final. New Zealand won the Pairs and Triples, ...
in
Auckland
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.
Commonwealth Games
Ackland competed at four successive
Commonwealth Games
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and in the
1994 Commonwealth Games
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she won a bronze in the
pairs with
Ann Dainton.
National
Ackland began bowling in 1959 and won her first title at
Llandrindod Wells in 1969 and was the 1980 and 1987
Welsh National Bowls Championships
The Welsh National Bowls Championships is organised by the Welsh Bowling Association
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singles champion. She has been a member of the Welsh International bowling team since 1973, winning 100 indoor and outdoor caps. She was also the captain of her country's team.
Awards
Ackland is a member of the
Welsh Sports Hall of Fame.
References
Sources
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Welsh female bowls players
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Wales
Bowls players at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
Bowls players at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Bowls players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Bowls players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
1938 births
2019 deaths
Bowls World Champions
Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games