Senga McCrone (1934–2020) was a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler.

Bowls career

In 1971 as a member of the Lisnagarvey Club she won the 1971

Irish National Bowls Championships The Irish National Bowls Championships combines Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Traditionally, the game was played mainly in Northern Ireland, but the Kenilworth Bowling Club of Dublin joined the Irish Bowls Association in 1906, wh ...

fours title. The success meant qualification for the

British Isles Bowls Championships The British Isles Bowls Championships is a tournament held between the champions of their respective nations, from England, Scotland, Wales, a combined Ireland, and more recently Guernsey and Jersey. It was first held in 1960 although the triple ...

and subsequently she won the fours title in 1972. She won a silver medal in the singles at the

1986 Commonwealth Games The 1986 Commonwealth Games were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, between 24 July and 2 August 1986. This was the second Commonwealth Games to be held in Edinburgh. Thirty two of the eligible fifty nine countries (largely African, Asian and Caribbe ...

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, becoming the first Scottish woman to win a Commonwealth Games medal in bowls. Six years later she won a gold medal in the fours at the

1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 1992 Men's Woolwich World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Beach House Park, Worthing, England, from 8 to 23 August 1992. The 1992 Women's Henselite World Championship was held at the Northfield Bowling Complex in Ayr, Scotland ...

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. McCrone also competed in the singles competition at the

1990 Commonwealth Games The 1990 Commonwealth Games () were held in Auckland, New Zealand from 24 January – 3 February 1990. It was the 14th Commonwealth Games, and part of New Zealand's 1990 sesquicentennial celebrations. Participants competed in ten sports: at ...

but pulled out of the

1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games ( French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, between 18 and 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, box ...

following a dispute over her position in the fours team. In 1993 she won the fours gold medal at the inaugural

Atlantic Bowls Championships The Atlantic Bowls Championships was a bowls, lawn bowling competition held between national bowls organisations in the Atlantic region. The event was a qualifying event for the World Bowls Championship, World Outdoor Bowls Championships until ...

Personal life

Senga grew up in

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, East Ayrshire before moving to Northern Ireland in her thirties. It was during this time that she began bowling for the Lisnagarvey Bowling Club near Belfast. In later life she lived in Hawick with her husband Jimmy and they had two sons. She died on 29 November 2020 at the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McCrone, Senga Scottish female bowls players 1934 births 2020 deaths Bowls World Champions Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland Bowls players at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games People from Hurlford Sportspeople from East Ayrshire Sportspeople from Kilmarnock 20th-century Scottish sportswomen Commonwealth Games silver medallists in lawn bowls