Asuncion 'Sonia' Bruce (born 1966) is an Philippines international lawn bowler.

Bowls career

Bruce competed in the

2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 12 to 24 January 2008. Safuan Said won the men's singles Gold. New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island count ...

and

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but came to prominence when winning a bronze medal at the

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in Christchurch in the fours with

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Rosita Bradborn Rosita 'Rose' Bradborn (born 1973) is an Philippines international lawn bowler. Biography She competed at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship but came to prominence when winning a bronze medal at ...

and

Ronalyn Greenlees Vilma 'Ronalyn' Greenlees (born 1971) is an Philippines international lawn bowler. Biography She reached the final eight in the pairs at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship but came to prominence when winning the triples gold medal at th ...

. In 2014 and 2016, she won the

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pairs titles, first with

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and later with Rosita Bradborn. She has won four medals at the

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, starting in 2003 in Brisbane, where she won a bronze medal in the triples with Lolita Treasure and

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. Six years later she won a second bronze, again in the triples with Witheridge and Greenlees. Two years later in 2011, she won a silver in Adelaide with Witehridge and Joy Tordoff and finally in 2015 in Christchurch, she secured another bronze but this time in the pairs event with Ainee Knight. In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent Philippines at the

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. She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events.

References

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