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References
- ↑ "National Championships". Bowls Canada. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- 1 2 Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn). p. 490.