Janice Maxwell

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Janice Maxwell
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born1 December 1946 [1]
Sport
ClubCastle Douglas BC
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
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1992 Ayr team
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 H. Maxwell (born 1 December 1946) is a former Scottish International and triple World Bowls gold medal winning lawn bowler. [2]

Bowls career

Watson represented the Scottish team [1] at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand, [3] [4] where she competed in the fours event, with Ann Watson, Joyce Lindores and Annette Evans. [5] At the time of the Games she was an auxiliary nurse. [1]

In 1992 she won a gold medal in both the triples and the fours at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Ayr. [6] She also won a bronze medal in the fours at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria with Betty Forsyth, Elizabeth Dickson and Dorothy Barr. [7] [8]

In 1993 she won the fours gold medal at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships [9] [10] and four years later won a fours bronze at the Championships. [11] [12]

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. [13]

In 2014, Janice set a record for her club by winning her 25th championship for Castle Douglas. [14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The glory hunters" . Aberdeen Evening Express. 24 January 1990. p. 16. Retrieved 7 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN   0-330-31664-8.
  3. ↑ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Pan Books Ltd. pp. 39–46. ISBN   0-330-31664-8.
  4. ↑ "Scotland Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "Bruces's golden shot" . Aberdeen Evening Express. 2 February 1990. p. 1. Retrieved 7 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  7. ↑ "profile". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  8. ↑ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  9. ↑ "'Shaw strikes gold'" . The Times. 25 October 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 25 May 2021– via The Times Digital Archive.[ dead link ]
  10. ↑ "'Guernsey finally falter" . The Times. 1 November 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021– via The Times Digital Archive.[ dead link ]
  11. ↑ "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.[ dead link ]
  12. ↑ "Dunwoodie, G. (1997) 'Price savours singular feat'" . The Times. 3 September 1997. p. 46. Retrieved 25 May 2021– via The Times Digital Archive.[ dead link ]
  13. ↑ "Previous Winners". Bowls Scotland. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  14. ↑ "Janice is named bowling champion for 25th time". Daily Record. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
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