Edna Bessell Explained

Edna Bessell
Nationality:British (English)
Birth Date:Q3, [1]
Birth Place:Gloucestershire
Club:Yeovil BC

Edna Ida May Bessell (née Tovey), born 1946, is a former international lawn bowler from England.[2]

Bowls career

She won a bronze medal in the Triples with Barbara Till, Norma Shaw and Babs Barlow at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. Barlow was the English president had stepped in to replace the injured Norma Shaw.[3] She also won a second bronze in the fours with Jean Baker, Till and Mary Price.[4]

In 1993 she won the triples silver medal and fours bronze medal at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships.[5] [6]

In 2005 she won the fours gold medal and pairs bronze medal at the Atlantic Championships[7] and in 2009 she won the pairs silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[8] [9]

Bessell also won four national singles titles representing Somerset. She later became team manager for England's women and was appointed MBE.[10] [11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Index entry. 11 April 2021. FreeBMD. ONS.
  2. Book: Newby, Donald. Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. 1990. Telegraph Publications. 0-330-31664-8.
  3. News: Jones, David Rhys. "Shaw's absence is one in the eye for England."Times, 8 June 1992, p. 26. The Times. 8 June 1992. 26. Times Digital Archives. Jones. David Rhys.
  4. Web site: World Bowls Medals. Bowls Tawa.
  5. News: 'Shaw strikes gold'. 25 October 1993 . The Times . 25 May 2021. 28 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
  6. News: 'Guernsey finally falter. 1 November 1993 . The Times . 25 May 2021. 21 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
  7. Web site: 2005 Atlantic Rim Games. World Bowls Ltd. https://web.archive.org/web/20060111132351/http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results.html. 23 May 2021. 2006-01-11.
  8. Web site: 2009 Atlantic Championships. World Bowls Ltd. https://web.archive.org/web/20100314062629/http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results-old.php. 21 May 2021. 2010-03-14.
  9. News: Bowls . 18 May 2009 . The Times . 21 May 2021. 61 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
  10. Web site: England women's international manager announces retirement. Bowls International.
  11. News: Edna left to sweat it out . Coventry Evening Telegraph . 10 August 1991 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 27 August 2023.

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