Irene Molyneux
Irene Molyneux (1923-2019) was an international lawn bowls competitor for England.[2]
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| Born | 1923 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 June 2019 (aged 96) [1] Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Oxford City and County BC | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bowls career
In 1981 Molyneux won double gold in the fours with Eileen Fletcher, Mavis Steele, Betty Stubbings and Gloria Thomas and the team event (Taylor Trophy) and a bronze medal in the pairs at the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Toronto.[3]
Molyneaux won seven National Championships titles; 1976 (pairs), 1979 (two wood singles), 1974, 1979, 1991, 1996 (triples) and fours (1986). She also won the British Isles Bowls Championships pairs title in 1977 with Margaret Lockwood.[4][1]
Her husband Jim was President of the Oxford City and County Bowls Club in 1976.[5]
References
- "OBITUARY: Oxfordshire bowls star, Irene Molyneux, from Abingdon". Oxford Mail.
- Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- "Club Honours". Oxford City & County BC.
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