Willow Fong

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Willow Fong
Personal information
NationalityFijian & Australian
Sport
ClubRewa / Merrylands Bowling Club
Medal record
Representing Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
World Outdoor Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1981 Toronto pairs
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1985 Melbourne pairs
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1985 Tweed Headspairs
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1985 Tweed Headsfours
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1987 Laepairs
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1987 Laefours
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1989 Suvatriples
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1989 Suvafours
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Kuala Lumpur pairs
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1997 Warillatriples
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1997 Warillafours
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1999 Kuala Lumpurpairs

Willow Fong is a Tongan born, former international lawn bowls competitor for Fiji and Australia. [1]

Biography

Fong is originally from Tonga and started bowling in 1974. [2]

Fong won the pairs silver medal with Maraia Lum On at the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Toronto, Canada and four years later won the pairs silver medal again at the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne, Australia. In 1998 she represented Australia at the Commonwealth Games and won a bronze medal in the pairs with Gordana Baric. [3]

She was the joint flag bearer for Fiji at the opening ceremony of the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. [4]

She has won nine medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including five gold medals. [5]

She now bowls in Australia for the Merrylands Bowling Club and is the wife of male bowls international Peter Fong.

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References

  1. Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN   0-330-31664-8.
  2. World Bowls Committee (1985). 5th Women's World Bowls Souvenir Programme, page 26. World Bowls Committee.
  3. "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  4. "2001 Willow Fong – Women's Lawn Bowls". Sports TG.
  5. "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.