Gill Mitchell Explained

Gill Mitchell formerly Gill Fitzgerald
Nationality:	British (English)
Birth Date:	23 May 1949
Club:	Kettering Lodge BC

Gill Mitchell also known as Gill Fitzgerald (maiden name Gill McBryde) is an English international lawn and indoor bowler.^[1]

Bowls career

Under her previous name of Fitzgerald she was part of the fours team that win a bronze medal at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Leamington Spa. In 2002, she was part of the gold medal winning team in the fours at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester along with Ellen Alexander, Shirley Page and Carol Duckworth.^{[2] [3]}

Mitchell was also two wood singles national champion in 1990^[4] and runner up to Norma Shaw in the 1998 national championships representing Northamptonshire.^[5]

In 1995 she won the pairs silver medal (partnering Norma Shaw) and the fours bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.^{[6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gill Mitchell profile. Bowls Tawa. 2017-01-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20170119051830/http://bowlstawa.com/titles/players/titles/2429. 2017-01-19. dead.
2. Web site: Day six in Manchester. BBC.
3. Web site: England women take gold. BBC.
4. News: Rising star is easy winner . Western Daily Press . 6 August 1990 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 21 August 2023.
5. News: Birmingham Weekly Mercury . Quartet seal it for Warwicks . 16 August 1998 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 18 August 2023.
6. News: Jones, D.R. (1995) 'S Africa's bowlers reclaim top spot'. 24 April 1995 . The Times . 25 May 2021. 21 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
7. News: 'For the Record' (1995). 1 May 1995 . The Times . 25 May 2021. 32 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .