Margaret Pomeroy

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Margaret Pomeroy
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubHoward Gardens
Sophia Gardens
Medal record
Representing Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1977 Worthing triples
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1977 Worthing fours
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1977 Worthing team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1988 Auckland fours
British Isles Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1986pairs
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1989pairs
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1976triples
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1981triples

Margaret Pomeroy is a Welsh former international lawn and indoor bowls competitor. [1]

Biography

In 1977 she won the gold medal in the triples with Enid Morgan and Joan Osborne, bronze medal in the fours with Morgan, Osborne and Janet Ackland and a silver medal in the team event (Taylor Trophy), at the 1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing. [2] In 1980, she took part in the world championship qualifier at the Whitnash Bowls Club for the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Canada. [3]

Pomeroy represented the Welsh team at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia, [4] where she competed in the triples event, with Janet Ackland and Gill Miles. [5]

Pomeroy won a bronze medal at the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Auckland.

Pomeroy has won 12 titles at the Welsh National Bowls Championships (1965, 1969, 1973, 1976, 1981 singles; 1969, 1975, 1982, 1985, 1988 pairs; 1979, 1985 triples) when bowling for the Howard Gardens and Sophia Gardens Bowls Clubs respectively. [6] and seven indoor National titles, three in the pairs, three in the triples and one in the fours. [7]

References

  1. ↑ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN   0-330-31664-8.
  2. ↑ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  3. ↑ "Top bowlers at ladies' championship" . Banbury Guardian. 19 June 1980. Retrieved 23 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Wales Brisbane 1982". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  5. ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN   0-85112-414-3.
  6. ↑ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN   0-7091-3658-7.
  7. ↑ "Competitions - Past Winners & Players". WLIBA.
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