Nancie Colling
Florence Nancie Colling MBE (née Whalley) is a former international lawn bowls competitor for England.[1]
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| Born | 1919 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||||
| Club | Frome Selwood BC | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bowls career
In 1973 she won a silver medal's in the fours with Phyllis Derrick, Eileen Smith and Joan Sparkes at the 1973 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Wellington, New Zealand and also earned a bronze medal in the team event (Taylor Trophy).[2]
In addition to the World Championship medals she won three singles titles (1956, 1958 and 1970) at the England Women's National Championships when bowling for Somerset.[3] [4]
Remarkably she won the third of her National titles in 1970 four years after a spine injury had temporarily paralysed her.[5]
During the 1996 Birthday Honours she was awarded an MBE for services to bowls.[6] [7]
Colling was recognized on her 100th Birthday in 2019.[8]
References
- "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- "Past Records". Bowls England.
- ""Women's Bowls." Times, 29 Aug. 1970, p. 12". Times Digital Archives.
- "The London Gazette of Friday, 14th June 1996". The Gazette.
- "THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS". The Independent.
- "Nancie Colling MBE celebrates 100th birthday." Bowls England (April 24, 2019) @Twitter.com Retrieved October 27, 2019.