Pearl Dymond ( Sellars; 2 October 1925 – 14 January 2010) was a New Zealand 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

Dymond started bowling for the Stratford club in 1962 and won a

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at the

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in the triples event with

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and Hazel Harper. An additional

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was won in the team event. She also played in the triples team that won the silver medal in the triples event with

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and Joyce Osborne at the

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. At club level Dymond won 16 Taranaki titles and nine senior champion of champions singles in addition to the 1979

New Zealand National Bowls Championships The New Zealand National Bowls Championships is organised by Bowls New Zealand. Bowls was introduced in New Zealand in 1861 but the first national championships were not held until 1914. Men's singles Men's pairs Men's fours Women ...

singles.

Personal life

Pearl Dymond's sister was Joyce Osborne and her brother was jockey and lawn bowler Vic Sellars.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dymond, Pearl New Zealand female bowls players 1925 births 2010 deaths Bowls players at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Sportspeople from Invercargill Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games 20th-century New Zealand sportswomen Commonwealth Games silver medallists in lawn bowls