Anna Pretorius Explained

Anna Pretorius is a South African former international lawn bowler.^[1]

Pretorius won a gold medal in the Women's fours at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria with Colleen Grondein, Lorna Trigwell and Hester Bekker.^{[2] [3]} It was the first time that South Africa had won a gold medal since 1958, following the return from their Anti-Apartheid Movement Commonwealth ban enforced in 1961.^[4]

Her daughter Linda Ralph won a New Zealand bowls national title after emigrating to that country.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Anna Pretorius profile. Bowls tawa.
2. Web site: Anna Pretorius. Commonwealth Games Federation.
3. Web site: COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS. GBR Athletics.
4. Web site: South African bowlers lift gold. Mitch Phillips . UPI. 26 August 1994 .
5. News: Bowls: Like mother, like daughter. Otago Daily Times. Alistair McMurran. 21 June 2014.