Irene Molyneux
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Q4 1922 Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 June 2019 (aged 96) [1] Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Oxford City and County BC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Emily Irene Molyneux (née Drew) (1922-2019) was an international lawn bowls competitor for England.[2]
Bowls career
[edit]In 1981 Molyneux won double gold in the fours with Eileen Fletcher, Mavis Steele, Betty Stubbings and Gloria Thomas and the team event (Taylor Trophy) and a bronze medal in the pairs at the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Toronto.[3]
Molyneaux won seven National Championships titles; 1976 (pairs), 1979 (two wood singles), 1974,[4] 1979,[5] 1991, 1996 (triples)[6] and fours (1986). She also won the British Isles Bowls Championships pairs title in 1977 with Margaret Lockwood.[7][1]
Her husband Jim was President of the Oxford City and County Bowls Club in 1976.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "OBITUARY: Oxfordshire bowls star, Irene Molyneux, from Abingdon". Oxford Mail.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ "Midland teams soon eliminated". Birmingham Daily Post. 16 August 1974. Retrieved 17 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Irene bowls in for double". Birmingham Daily Post. 16 August 1979. Retrieved 17 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "'For the Record'". The Times. 5 September 1996. p. 37. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ "Club Honours". Oxford City & County BC.