Lorna Lucas Explained

Lorna Lucas
Club:Avenue Bowls Club

Lorna Lucas was an international lawn bowls competitor for Australia.[1]

Bowls career

World Championships

Lucas won the pairs gold medal with Dot Jenkinson and the fours bronze medal with Joan Vaughan, Olive Rowe and Jenkinson, at the 1973 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Wellington.[2]

Four years later she won two gold medals and one silver medal at the 1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing. The two gold's were in the fours with Connie Hicks, Jenkinson and Merle Richardson and the team event (Taylor Trophy). The silver was in the pairs with Jenkinson.[3] [4]

National

She won 23 Avenue Bowls Club titles.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Newby, Donald. Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. 1990. Telegraph Publications. 0-330-31664-8.
  2. Book: Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard. the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. 1974. Robert Hale and Company. 0-7091-3658-7.
  3. Web site: Profile. Bowls Tawa.
  4. Web site: World Bowls Champions. Burnside Bowling Club.
  5. Web site: Lorna Lucas. Avenue Bowling Club.