Dorothy Kane

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Dorothy Kane
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Northern Irish)
Sport
Sport Lawn bowls
ClubMoat Park BC
Medal record
Representing Four Provinces Flag.svg combined Ireland
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1999 Cape Towntriples
British Isles Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1999pairs

Dorothy Kane is a Northern Irish international lawn bowler.

Bowls career

Kane won the triples gold medal at the 1999 Atlantic Bowls Championships with Margaret Johnston and Donna McNally. [1] [2]

Kane has also represented Ireland in the triples at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. [3]

She became an Irish national champion after winning the 1998 pairs with Ruth Simpson at the Irish National Bowls Championships bowling for the Moat Park Bowls Club. Subsequently the pair went on to win the 1999 British Isles Bowls Championships. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "'Johnston maintains dominance' (1999)" . The Times. 29 March 1999. p. 31. Retrieved 25 May 2021– via The Times Digital Archive.
  2. ↑ "'For the Record' (1999)" . The Times. 25 March 1999. p. 53. Retrieved 25 May 2021– via The Times Digital Archive.
  3. ↑ "Bowls split upsets champions" . Evening Herald (Dublin). 29 January 2000. p. 52. Retrieved 29 May 2021– via The British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2021.


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