Gloria Ha Explained
Gloria Ha |
Nationality: | Hong Kong, China |
Birth Date: | 2002 [1] |
Club: | Hong Kong Youth Development Team |
Gloria Yat Ting Ha (born 2002) is a female international Hong Kong Chinese lawn bowler.[2]
Bowls career
Ha made her debut for Hong Kong in 2015 and won a bronze medal in the fours with Angel So, Phyllis Wong and Cheryl Chan at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, held in the Gold Coast, Queensland.[3] [4]
At the age of just 14 she was selected for Hong Kong at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in New Zealand.[1] In 2022, Ha won a silver medal at the inaugural World Bowls Indoor Championships in the singles, she was defeated in the final by Julie Forrest.[5] [6]
In 2023, she won her second national singles title.[7]
Later in 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent Hong Kong at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[8] She participated in the women's singles and the women's triples events.[9] [10] In the singles, Ha finished second in her group before losing the quarter final to Kelly McKerihen.
Notes and References
- Web site: Teen star to create bowls history. World Bowls.
- Web site: Profile. Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Association.
- Web site: Results Portal. Bowls Australia.
- Web site: 2019 ASIA PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS: FRIDAY FINALS WRAP. 28 June 2019 . World Bowls.
- Web site: Gloria Ha Wins Silver Medal at World Bowls Indoor Championships. 30 April 2022 . BC Magazine. 5 May 2022.
- Web site: Anderson And Merrien Claim World Bowls Indoor Mixed Pairs Title. 28 April 2022 . Bowls International. 29 April 2022.
- Web site: Inside Bowls Magazine, September 2023, pages 32, Student's second national title in two months . Inside Bowls . 8 September 2023.
- Web site: COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 . Bowls International . 5 June 2023 . 2 September 2023.
- Web site: Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia . World Bowls . 2 September 2023 . 19 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230519080851/https://www.worldbowls.com/events-list/ . dead .
- Web site: SCHEDULE & DRAWS . Bowls Australia . 2 September 2023.