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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 1955 [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ilminster, Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maureen Monkton (born November 1955) is a former English international lawn and indoor bowler and the Performance Director for the England bowls team. [2] [3]
Monkton started bowling in 1990. In 1998, she won the national pairs and finished runner up in the national triples at the English national bowls championships. [2] [4]
In 2007, she won two medals at the European Bowls Championships in Cyprus. She won a gold medal in the team and a bronze medal in the singles. [5] Two years later she won a silver medal at the same event and venue in the team event. [6]
From 2012 until 2018, Monkton was a regional selector and then became manager of the England womne's team, in addition to being the team manager for Disability Bowls England. [2] In 2023, she became the Performance Director for the England bowls team [7] and will lead the team at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia. [3]
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