Rebecca Field (bowls)

Rebecca Field

Personal information
Nickname	Bex [1]
Nationality	British (English)
Born	1990 [2] [3] York, Yorkshire, England [2]
Medal record Representing   England World Indoor Bowls Championships 2013 singles 2014 singles 2016 singles 2018 singles European Championships 2015 Israel pairs 2015 Israel mixed pairs 2015 Israel team

Rebecca Field married name Rebecca Willgress is an English international lawn & indoor bowls player. Field was the 2013 World Indoor singles champion.

Personal life

Field starting playing bowls at the age of eight, ^{[4] [5]} in her local village hall in York, ^[2] giving the short mat game a go. ^[5] She was attracted to the sport following a big drive in the 1990s to get people playing indoor bowls in their communities. ^[2] Subsequent moves to Boston, Lincolnshire with her family and then to study at the University of East Anglia in Norwich only increased her appetite for the game. ^[2] Field has language degrees in French and Spanish and currently works for a Norwich-based marketing firm. ^[2]

Field is a supporter of the Championship team Norwich City Football Club. ^[3]

Bowls career

Indoors

Field plays and competes for the Norfolk Bowling Club in Norwich. ^[6] She competed as a junior (U25) international player for several years ^[6] and won multiple titles. Amongst her accomplishments as a junior, is being a two-time English and British Isles indoor singles champion.

Field first competed for the England senior ladies team at indoor level in 2011, ^[6] when she was named in the squad for the BIWIBC International Series. ^[7] Field competed at her first World Indoor Championships in 2012 in the ladies singles event. ^[2] Organisers invited Field to the competition after being impressed with her recent rise in the sport. ^[2]

Field reached her first World Indoor Bowls ladies singles final in 2013, defeating Alison Merrien in a tie-break set ^[8] becoming the youngest ever winner of the event at 23. ^[4] The victory gained Field a wild card entry into the WBT International Open and direct qualification for the World Indoor Championships in 2014, ^[1] where she was beaten by 18-year-old Katherine Rednall in the final. ^[9]

Field was twice runner-up in the 2016 World Indoor Bowls Championship and 2018 World Indoor Bowls Championship losing to Ellen Falkner and Katherine Rednall respectively. ^{[10] [11]}

Outdoors

Field won her first outdoor titles, winning the ladies two-wood singles and junior pairs events at the National Championships in 2014. ^{[12] [13]} She first competed for the England senior ladies team at outdoor level in 2015, when she was named in the squad for BWIBC International Series. ^[14] Also at outdoor level in 2015, Field was selected to represent England at the European Team Championships and Atlantic Rim Games. ^[15] She won gold in the ladies pairs, mixed fours and team events at the European Team Championships. ^[16]

In 2018, she finished runner-up to Amy Gowshall in the National Two Wood Singles. ^[17] Five years later, she won another national title at the 2023 Bowls England National Finals, partnering her husband Wayne in the mixed pairs. ^[18]

Titles and finals

Legend
'World' Championships
European Championships
British Championships
English Championships
County Championships
Other

Year		Org	Competition	Level	Event		Ref
2016	Outdoor	BE	Bowls England National Championships	Senior	Ladies Fours	Runner-up	[19]
		NBA	NBA Women's County Finals	Senior	Ladies 4-Wood Singles	Won	[20] [21]
				Senior	Ladies Triples	Won	[20] [21]
				Senior	Ladies Rinks	Won	[20] [21]
		BIWBC	BIWBC International Series	Senior	Ladies Team	Won	[22]
	Indoor	BIWIBC	BIWIBC International Series	Senior	Ladies Team		[23]
		EWIBA	EIBA / EWIBA National Championships	Senior	Vivienne Trophy	Won	[24]
				Senior	Egham Trophy	Won	[25]
				Senior	Atherley Trophy	Won	[26]
		PBA	World Indoor Bowls Championships	Senior	Ladies Singles	Runner-up	[27]
2015	Outdoor	EBU	European Bowls Championships	Senior	Ladies Pairs	Won	[28]
				Senior	Mixed Fours	Won	[28]
				Senior	Combined Team	Won	[28]
		BIWBC	BIWBC International Series	Senior	Ladies Team	Won	[14] [29]
	Indoor	BIWIBC	BIWIBC International Series	Senior	Ladies Team	Won	[30] [31]
		BIWIBC	BIIBC / BIWIBC Championships	Senior	Ladies Triples	Won	[32] [33] [34]
					Combined Team1	Won	[35]
		EWIBA	EIBA / EWIBA National Championships	Senior	Ladies Champion of Champions	Won	[36] [37]
2014	Outdoor	BE	Bowls England National Championships	Senior	Ladies 2-Wood Singles	Won	[38]
				Junior	Ladies Pairs	Won	[39]
	Indoor	BIWIBC	BIWIBC International Series	Senior	Ladies Team	Won	[40] [41]
		BIWIBC	BIWIBC Under-25 International Series	Jnr / U25	Ladies Team	Won	[42] [43]
		EWIBA	EIBA / EWIBA National Championships	Senior	Ladies Triples	Won	[44] [45]
					Mixed Fours	Runner-up	[45] [46]
		PBA	World Indoor Bowls Championships	Senior	Ladies Singles	Runner-up	[9] [47]
2013	Outdoor	BIWBC	BIWBC Under-25 International Series	Jnr / U25	Ladies Team	Won	[48] [49]
	Indoor	BIWIBC	BIWIBC International Series	Senior	Ladies Team	Won	[50] [51]
		BIWIBC	BIWIBC Under-25 International Series	Jnr / U25	Ladies Team	Won	[52] [53]
		BIWIBC	BIIBC / BIWIBC Championships	Senior	Ladies Singles	Won	[32] [54] [55]
					Combined Team1	Won	[35]
		EWIBA	EIBA / EWIBA National Championships	Senior	Ladies Fours	Runner-up	[56] [57]
					Mixed Fours	Won	[46] [57]
		PBA	World Indoor Bowls Championships	Senior	Ladies Singles	Won	[58] [8] [59]
2012	Indoor	NCWIBA	NCIBA / NCWIBA County Championships	Senior	Ladies Singles	Won	[60]
		BIWIBC	BIWIBC International Series	Senior	Ladies Team	Won	[61] [62]
		BIWIBC	BIWIBC Under-25 International Series	Jnr / U25	Ladies Team	Won	[63] [64]
		WIBC	WIBC Under-25 Championships	U25	Ladies Singles	Runner-up	[65]
		EWIBA	EIBA / EWIBA National Championships	Senior	Ladies Singles	Won	[66] [67]
2011	Outdoor	NBA	NBA Women's County Finals	U25	Ladies Singles	Runner-up	[68]
	Indoor	BIWIBC	BIWIBC International Series	Senior	Ladies Team	Won	[7] [69]
		BIWIBC	BIWIBC Under-25 International Series	Jnr / U25	Ladies Team	Won	[70] [71]
		BIWIBC	BIIBC / BIWIBC Championships	Jnr / U25	Ladies Singles	Won	[32] [72] [73]
		EWIBA	EIBA / EWIBA National Championships	U25	Ladies Singles	Won	[74] [75]
2010	Indoor	BIWIBC	BIWIBC Under-25 International Series	Jnr / U25	Ladies Team	Won	[76] [77]
		BIWIBC	BIIBC / BIWIBC Championships	Senior	Ladies Pairs	Won	[32] [78] [79]
2009	Indoor	BIWIBC	BIIBC / BIWIBC Championships	Jnr / U25	Ladies Singles	Won	[32] [80] [81]
		EWIBA	EIBA / EWIBA National Championships	Senior	Ladies Pairs	Runner-up	[82] [83]
				U25	Ladies Singles	Won	[74] [84]

¹The Gedling Trophy is awarded to the best overall performing nation.

Awards

• Norwich Sportsperson of the Year (2013) ^[85]

Personal life

Her husband is England international Wayne Willgress. ^[86]

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