Patricia 'Trish' Ann Steyn (born 1952) 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

Steyn won the gold medal in the women's fours at the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ( Malay: ), officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games (Malay: ), were a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 1998 games were the first held in Asia and the last Commonwealth Games of the 20th cen ...

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, the team consisted of Loraine Victor,

Hester Bekker Hester Bekker is a former international lawn and indoor bowls competitor for South Africa. Bowls career In 1996, Bekker won the gold medal in the triples at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide. Four years later, Bekker just m ...

and

Lorna Trigwell Lorna Marie-Therese Trigwell, married name Lorna Smith, is a South African international lawn bowler. She is regarded as one of the leading players in the world after winning multiple medals. Bowls career Commonwealth Games Trigwell has won fou ...

. The following year in 1999, she won the fours gold medal at the

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 ...

with

Ellen Cawker Ellen Cawker is a former South African international lawn bowler and national team manager. Bowls career Cawker was born in 1946 in Perth, Scotland but emigrated to Rhodesia in 1956. In 1999 she won the fours gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Ch ...

, Bekker and Lorna Trigwell. Five years later she won another gold with

Jill Hackland Jill Hackland is a South African international lawn bowler. Bowls career Hackland won the silver medal in the women's pairs at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. In 2004, she won a gold medal with Trish Steyn and Loraine Victor i ...

and Loraine Victor in the Women's triples at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Steyn, Trish Living people 1952 births South African female bowls players Bowls World Champions Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists in lawn bowls