Elsie Wilkie
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| Birth name | Elsie Hamer Fielden | ||||||||||||||||
| Born |
20 December 1922 Waihou, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
| Died |
29 November 1995 (aged 72) Matamata, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) |
Robert Caldwell Wilkie (m. 1943) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Club |
Walton Bowling Club Matamata Bowling Club | ||||||||||||||||
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Elsie Hamer Wilkie MBE (née Fielden, 20 December 1922 – 29 November 1995) was New Zealand lawn bowls player who represented her country internationally.[1] She was born in Waihou, near Te Aroha.[2]
She won the singles gold medal at the 1973 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Wellington, New Zealand, and four years later successfully defended her title when taking singles gold again at the 1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing, England.[3]
In the 1979 New Year Honours, Wilkie was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to bowling.[4]
In 1990, Wilkie was the first woman bowler to be inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame.[2]
References
- ↑ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- 1 2 Stanley, Joan C. "Wilkie, Elsie Hamer". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ↑ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ↑ "No. 47725". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1978. p. 41.
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