Freda Elliott

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Freda Elliott
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Northern Irish)
Sport
SportLawn and indoor bowls
ClubBelfast BC
Belmont BC
Knock BC
Medal record
Representing Four Provinces Flag.svg Ireland
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1988 Auckland team
Representing Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1986 pairs

Winifred "Freda" Elliott is a former international lawn bowler from Northern Ireland who competed at the Commonwealth Games and won a gold medal. [1]

Biography

Elliott represented the Northern Irish team [2] at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, [3] where she competed in the pairs event, with Margaret Johnston, winning the gold medal. [4] [5]

She has won six Irish National Bowls Championships titles in the pairs (1993), the triples (1982, 1998) and the fours (1982, 1988 and 1996). [6] [7] [8]

References

  1. ↑ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN   0-330-31664-8.
  2. ↑ "The Team" . Belfast News-Letter. 17 June 1986. p. 27. Retrieved 6 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Northern Ireland Edinburgh 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  5. ↑ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. ↑ "O'Neill relishing british mission". News Letter.
  7. ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 46–47. ISBN   0-85112-414-3.
  8. ↑ "Previous Winners". Irish Bowling Association. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
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