Verna Devlin

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Verna Devlin
Personal information
NationalityFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubHerne Bay BC/Carlton BC
Medal record
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1973 Wellington fours
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1973 Wellington team

Verna Devlin is a former international lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand. [1]

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Bowls career

She won the fours gold medal at the 1973 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Wellington, New Zealand. [2] She also won the gold medal in the team event (Taylor Trophy). [3]

Devlin won the 1982 singles title and the 1971 pairs title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Herne Bay Bowls Club. [4]

Awards

Devlin was inducted into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame in 2013. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN   0-330-31664-8.
  2. ↑ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  3. ↑ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN   0-7091-3658-7.
  4. ↑ "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
  5. ↑ "BOWLS LEGENDS HONOURED AT INAUGURAL HALL OF FAME CELEBRATION". Bowls Manawatu. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
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