Jennifer Dowds

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Jennifer Dowds
Personal information
NationalityNorthern Irish
Born (1959-07-07) 7 July 1959 (age 66)
Ballymoney, Northern Ireland
Sport
Sport Lawn bowls
ClubBallymena BC
Medal record
Representing Four Provinces Flag.svg Ireland
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Christchurch fours
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2007 Ayrsingles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2009 Johannesburgpairs

Jennifer Dowds (born 7 July 1959) is a Northern Irish international lawn bowler. [1]

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Bowls career

International

Dowds won the bronze medal in the fours at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch, New Zealand. [2]

In 2007, she won the singles bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships [3] [4] and two years later won the pairs bronze medal at the 2009 Atlantic Bowls Championships. [5] [6]

National

Dowd won the 2005 singles title at the Irish National Bowls Championships. [7]

Additionally, she won the 1995 and 1997 pairs titles and the 2012 fours title, at the Irish National Championships, bowling for the Ballymoney and Ballymena Bowls Clubs respectively. [8]

In 2016, Dowds won the finals in both the pairs and triples of the Provincial Towns Women's Bowling Association Championships. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Jennifer Dowds biography". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. ↑ "Medallists". Burnside Bowling Club.
  3. ↑ "2007 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Bowls" . The Times. 18 July 2007. p. 61. Retrieved 20 May 2021– via The Times Digital Archive.[ dead link ]
  5. ↑ "2009 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 14 March 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Bowls" . The Times. 18 May 2009. p. 61. Retrieved 21 May 2021– via The Times Digital Archive.[ dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Ladies Bowls" . Ireland's Saturday Night. 3 September 2005. Retrieved 3 September 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Irish Women's Bowling Association National Championships". Irish Women's Bowling Association.
  9. ↑ "Ballymena ladies impress at Provincial Towns Women's Bowling Association championships". Northern Ireland World. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
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