Mary Hughes (bowls)

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Mary Hughes
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Sport
SportLawn and indoor bowls
ClubSkewen BC & Earlswood IBC
Medal record
Representing Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1988 Auckland fours

Mary Hughes is a former international lawn bowls competitor from Wales who competed at the Commonwealth Games. [1]

Biography

In 1988 Hughes won the bronze medal in the fours at the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Auckland with Margaret Pomeroy, Pam Griffiths and Linda Parker.

Hughes represented the Welsh team at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand, [2] where she competed in the pairs event, [3] with Pam Griffiths. [4] [5]

Two years later she represented Wales at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. [6]

References

  1. Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN   0-330-31664-8.
  2. "Wales Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  3. Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Pan Books Ltd. pp. 39–46. ISBN   0-330-31664-8.
  4. "Bowlers Bring Our Auckland Squad Up To Six" . Port Talbot Guardian. 28 July 1989. p. 40. Retrieved 7 January 2026 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Bowlers get the nod for Games" . South Wales Daily Post. 22 July 1989. p. 27. Retrieved 7 January 2026 via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "ATHLETES & RESULTS". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.