Janice Maxwell

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Janice Maxwell
Personal information
NationalityScottish
Sport
ClubCastle Douglas
Medal record
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1992 Ayr triples
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1992 Ayr fours
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1994 Victoria fours
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1993 Floridafours
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1997 Llandrindod Wellsfours

Janice Maxwell is a former Scottish international lawn bowler. [1]

Bowls career

In 1992 she won a gold medal in both the triples and the fours at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Ayr. [2] She also won a bronze medal in the fours at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria with Betty Forsyth, Elizabeth Dickson and Dorothy Barr. [3] [4]

In 1993 she won the fours gold medal at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships [5] [6] and four years later won a fours bronze at the Championships. [7] [8]

She also won the Scottish National Bowls Championships singles title in 1986 bowling for Castle Douglas, beating Annette Evans of Willow Bank BC 21-19 in the final, played at Stewarton BC. [9] Janice is a 30 times champion of her club. [10]

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References

  1. Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN   0-330-31664-8.
  2. "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  3. "profile". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  5. "'Shaw strikes gold'" . The Times. 25 October 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 25 May 2021 via The Times Digital Archive.
  6. "'Guernsey finally falter" . The Times. 1 November 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021 via The Times Digital Archive.
  7. "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.
  8. "Dunwoodie, G. (1997) 'Price savours singular feat'" . The Times. 3 September 1997. p. 46. Retrieved 25 May 2021 via The Times Digital Archive.
  9. "Previous Winners". Bowls Scotland. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  10. "Janice is named bowling champion for 25th time". Daily Record. Retrieved 21 April 2021.