Jo Edwards

Jo Edwards
MNZM

Edwards in 2014
Personal information
Nationality	New Zealander
Born	(1970-02-05) 5 February 1970 Clatterbridge, England
Medal record Lawn bowls Representing  New Zealand World Outdoor Championships 2004 Leamington Spa Pairs 2008 Christchurch Pairs 2012 Adelaide Pairs 2016 Christchurch Pairs 2016 Christchurch Singles Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester Pairs 2014 Glasgow Singles 2018 Gold Coast Singles

Joanna Edwards MNZM (born 5 February 1970) is a New Zealand international lawn bowls competitor. She has won two world titles and three Commonwealth Games gold medals.

Bowls career

At the 2002 Commonwealth Games she won a gold medal along with Sharon Sims in the women's pairs event.^[1] She has twice won the Gold medal at the World Outdoor Bowls Championships in the pairs events: in 2004 with Sharon Sims; and in 2008 with Val Smith.

Edwards excelled at the 2015 APL (Australian Premier League), she was the only woman competing in the eight-team tournament featuring 24 of the world's top players and played alongside her countrymen Ali Forsyth and Shannon McIlroy to win the title in from the Adelaide Endurance at Club Pine Rivers. The APL launched in 2013, is a fast form of lawn bowls over two sets and five-ends, which includes substitutes and a 30-second shot clock.^[2]

In 2016, she won a bronze medal at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch in the singles and a silver medal with Angela Boyd in the pairs.^[3]

She was selected as part of the New Zealand team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland,^[4] where she claimed a gold medal in the Singles.

Honours

In the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours, Edwards was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to lawn bowls.^[5]

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