Janet Ackland (1938–2019) was a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler.

Bowls career

World Championships

Ackland won two bronze medals and a silver medal at the

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; the silver medals came in the pairs with Lilian Nicholas and the fours with

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, Enid Morgan and Margaret Pomeroy, 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

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at the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in

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Commonwealth Games

Ackland competed at four successive

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and in the

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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

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in 1969 and was the 1980 and 1987 Welsh National Bowls Championships 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

FfaithWelsh Sports Hall of Fame Inductees, Bowls
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ackland, Janet 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 Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls