Joan Ricketts

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Joan Ricketts
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Sport
SportLawn and indoor bowls
ClubBailey Park BC, Abergavenny
Medal record
Representing Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1986 Edinburgh fours

Joan Ricketts is a former Welsh international lawn bowler. [1]

Biography

Ricketts represented the Welsh team [2] at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland [3] and was part of the fours team, with Linda Parker, Linda Evans and Rita Jones that won the gold medal. [4] [5]

Ricketts was twice champion of Wales at the Welsh National Bowls Championships, winning the triples in 1983 and the pairs in 1984, both while a member of the Bailey Park Bowls Club in Abergavenny. [6] [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Joan Ricketts profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. ↑ "Edinburg ahoy!" . South Wales Daily Post. 20 June 1986. p. 55. Retrieved 4 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Wales Edinburgh 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ↑ "Super bowl". wales online.
  5. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  6. ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 47–252. ISBN   0-85112-414-3.
  7. ↑ "WBA Handbook" (PDF). Welsh Bowls.
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