Connie Hicks

Connie Hicks (née Haigh), was an international lawn bowls competitor for Australia.[1]

Connie Hicks
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born(1924-05-16)16 May 1924
Kondinin, Western Australia
Died2 November 2011(2011-11-02) (aged 87)
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubRoyal Park Bowls Club
Medal record
Representing  Australia
World Outdoor Championships
1969 Sydneytriples
1969 Sydneyfours
1969 Sydneyteam
1977 Worthingfours
1977 Worthingteam

Bowls career

World Championships

Hicks won two silver medals and a bronze medal at the 1969 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Sydney.[2] The silver medals came in the team event (Taylor Trophy) and the triples with Norma Massey and Mary Ormsby. The bronze was in the fours event with Pam Hart, Jean Turnbull and Ormsby.[3]

Eight years later Hicks won the fours gold medal with Dot Jenkinson, Lorna Lucas and Merle Richardson, at the 1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing and the team event gold medal (the Taylor Trophy).[4]

State

She played for the Royal Park Bowls Club in North Perth and won 10 State titles. Connie married fellow lawn bowler Charlie Hicks in 1944.[5]

References
  1. Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  2. "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  3. Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  4. "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
  5. "WA Hall of Champions". WAIS.
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