Anna Bates (bowls) explained

Anna Bates is a former Zimbabwean international lawn bowler.^[1]

Bowls career

Bates won a historic gold medal for Zimbabwe at the Commonwealth Games because it was the first time that Zimbabwe as a nation competed in the Games.^[2]

She played in the team that won the gold medal in the triples event with Flo Kennedy and Margaret Mills at the 1982 Commonwealth Games.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Profile. Bowls Tawa.
2. Book: Newby, Donald. Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. 1987. Telegraph Publications. 0-86367-220-5.
3. Web site: Athletes and Results. Commonwealth Games Federation.