Betty Morgan (bowls)

Betty Morgan MBE

Personal information
Nationality	Welsh
Born	(1942-09-05) 5 September 1942 (age 82) Llandrindod Wells, Wales
Sport
Club	Llandrindod Wells BC
Medal record Representing   Wales World Outdoor Championships 1996 Adelaide Women's triples 2004 Leamington Spa Women's pairs Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Women's singles Atlantic Bowls Championships 1993 Florida fours 1997 Llandrindod Wells singles 1997 Llandrindod Wells triples 2005 Bangor singles British Isles Championships 1995 singles 1998 singles 2003 singles 1994 pairs 1995 pairs 1996 pairs 2003 pairs 2011 pairs 1990 triples 2003 triples 1978 fours 1999 fours 2011 fours

Elizabeth 'Betty' Mary Morgan MBE (born 1942) is a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler. She was appointed an MBE in 2005. ^[1]

Bowls career

Morgan made her Welsh debut in 1976 and won multiple Welsh national titles.

World Outdoor Championship

Morgan won the bronze medal in the women's triples during the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and a silver medal with Caroline Taylor in the women's pairs at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Leamington Spa. ^[2]

Commonwealth Games

Morgan won a silver medal in the singles at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. She also competed in the fours at the 1994 Commonwealth Games and in the singles at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. ^[3]

Atlantic Championships

In 1993 she won the fours silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships and four years later in her home country she won the singles bronze medal and the triples gold medal. ^{[4] [5]} A fourth medal was won in 2005 when she won the singles silver medal at the Championships. ^[6]

British Isles

Morgan has won the British Isles Bowls Championships singles title three times in 1995, 1998 and 2003, a record only bettered by Irish bowler Margaret Johnston. In addition to the three singles titles she has won ten other British Isles titles; pairs (1994, 1995, 1996, 2003 and 2011), triples (1990 & 2003), fours (1978, 1999 & 2011). ^[7] The 2003 success created history because she was the first woman to win the singles, pairs and triples in the same year.

National

Outdoors, Morgan has won 26 Welsh National Bowls Championships. ^[8]

• singles - 1984, 1986, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2002
• pairs - 1980, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2010, 2011, 2019
• triples - 1989, 1999, 2002, 2009
• fours - 1977, 1983, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2010, 2014, 2016

References

1. "Betty Morgan biography". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
2. "Betty Morgan on world titles and 40 years playing bowls". BBC.
3. "Athlete profile". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
4. "Dunwoodie, G. (1997) 'Hawes and Price take title for England'" . The Times. 27 August 1997. p. 39. Retrieved 25 May 2021– via The Times Digital Archive.
5. "Dunwoodie, G. (1997) 'Price savours singular feat'" . The Times. 3 September 1997. p. 46. Retrieved 25 May 2021– via The Times Digital Archive.
6. "2005 Atlantic Rim Games". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 11 January 2006. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
7. "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
8. "WBA Handbook" (PDF). Welsh Bowls.