Margaret Sumner Explained

Margaret Sumner
Nationality:Australian
Birth Date:7 July 1941
Birth Place:Terang, Australia
Death Date:[1]
Death Place:Warrnambool, Australia

Margaret Sumner (Terrington; 7 July 1941 – 16 October 2022) was an international lawn bowls competitor for Australia.[2] [3]

Biography

Sumner was born on 7 July 1941.[4] In 1996, she won the gold medal in the fours and silver medal in the triples at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide. Two years later she won a bronze medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the pairs.[5]

Sumner won four medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including double gold medal in the 1997 triples and fours at Warilla, Australia.[6]

Sumner won the Terang Bowling Club Championship 18 times and married Allan Sumner in 1966.[7]

Sumner died in Warrnambool on 16 October 2022, at the age of 81.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BV . Team . Vale Margaret Sumner OAM . Bowls Victoria . 17 October 2022 . en-AU . 17 October 2022.
  2. Book: Newby, Donald. Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. 1990. Telegraph Publications. 0-330-31664-8.
  3. Web site: Athletes' Profile: Lawn Bowls. Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. https://www.standard.net.au/story/7946046/australian-lawn-bowls-champion-dies/ Commonwealth Games lawn bowler Margaret Sumner OAM has died
  5. Web site: Profile. Bowls Tawa.
  6. Web site: Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners. World Bowls. 31 May 2021.
  7. Web site: Profile - Margaret Sumner - Player Legend. TBN Vic Bowls.