Gloria Thomas Explained

Gloria Thomas
Nationality:British (English)
Birth Date:1943
Birth Place:Helston, England
Sport:Lawn bowls
Club:West Cornwall

Gloria Thomas is a former international lawn and indoor bowls competitor for England.[1]

Bowls career

In the 1960s, Thomas set up a ladies' section for her local bowling club in Helston.[2] Thomas won the National Championships pairs title in 1978[3] with Anne Pascoe.[4]

In 1980, she took part in the world championship qualifier at the Whitnash Bowls Club for the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Canada.[5] After qualifying for the 1981 championships she won two gold medals in the fours with Eileen Fletcher, Mavis Steele, Betty Stubbings and Irene Molyneux and the team event (Taylor Trophy) and the bronze medal in the pairs at the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Toronto.[6] In 2003, she competed in the National Express EBWA triples championship.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Newby, Donald. Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. 1990. Telegraph Publications. 0-330-31664-8.
  2. Web site: Helston Bowling Club's ladies celebrate 50 years. 7 September 2016 .
  3. News: Cornish Aces Storm to Bowls Success . Coventry Evening Telegraph . 17 August 1978 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 21 August 2023.
  4. Web site: "Bowls." Times [London, England] 17 Aug. 1978]. The Times.
  5. News: Top bowlers at ladies' championship . Banbury Guardian . 19 June 1980 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 23 August 2024.
  6. Web site: Profile. Bowls Tawa.
  7. Web site: Sports Round-up . The Telegraph. 13 August 2003 .

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