Jill Hackland is a South African international

lawn bowler 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 ...

Bowls career

Hackland won the silver medal in the women's pairs at the

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. In 2004, she won a gold medal with Trish Steyn and Loraine Victor in the women's triples. She won the 2013 singles at the

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bowling for the Umhlali Bowls Club.

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Living people 1947 births South African female bowls players Bowls World Champions Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists in lawn bowls {{SouthAfrica-bowls-bio-stub