Joyce Osborne Explained

Joyce Osborne
Relatives:	Pearl Dymond (sister)
Country:	New Zealand
Sport:	Lawn bowls
Club:	Manawatu BC

Joyce Osborne is a former New Zealand international lawn bowler.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Bowls career

Osborne played in the team that won the silver medal in the triples event with Pearl Dymond and Jennifer Simpson at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. Four years later she represented New Zealand again at the Lawn bowls at the 1986 Commonwealth Games.^[4]

Osborne has also won two gold medals at the 1985 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia and a silver medal two years later.^{[5] [6]}

She won the singles title at the 1972 and 1983 New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Manawatu Bowls Club.^[7]

Personal life

Osborne's sister was Pearl Dymond and her brother is jockey Vic Sellars.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Profile. Bowls Tawa.
2. Web site: Profile. New Zealand Olympic Team.
3. Book: Newby, Donald. Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. 1987. Telegraph Publications. 0-86367-220-5.
4. Web site: Athletes and Results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
5. Web site: medal winners. Hong Kong Bowls Association.
6. Web site: Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners. World Bowls. 31 May 2021.
7. Web site: New Zealand Championships. Bowls Tawa.
8. Web site: Wayne Sellars enjoys a return to bowls. Bowls New Zealand.