Rhoda Constance Ryan (née Hawke; 4 January 1925 – 22 April 2002) was an international

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competitor for

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Bowls career

Ryan won the singles

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at the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in

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, Australia. In 1990 she represented New Zealand at the

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and won a

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in the fours with Adrienne Lambert,

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and Marlene Castle. She won two medals at the

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including a gold medal in the 1985 pairs at

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. Ryan won the 1980 singles, the 1973 & 1988 pairs and the 1981, 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1994 fours titles at the

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when bowling mainly for the Matamata Bowls Club and over 50 club titles. The eight times National Champion died in April 2002.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ryan, Rhoda New Zealand female bowls players 1925 births 2002 deaths Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Bowls players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games 20th-century New Zealand sportswomen Commonwealth Games silver medallists in lawn bowls