Mary Ormsby (bowls) explained

Mary Ormsby
Birth Date:1927
Sport:Lawn bowls

Mary Ormsby (1927-2019) was an international lawn bowls competitor for Australia.[1]

Bowls career

She won a silver medal in the triples with Norma Massey and Connie Hicks and the bronze medal with Pam Hart, Hicks and Jean Turnbull at the 1969 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Sydney.[2] She also won a silver medal in the team event (Taylor Trophy) in 1969.[3]

She is the only person to have won all three Australian National Bowls Championships – the singles in 1969, the pairs (with Erica Murada) and the fours.[4]

Ormsby was a winner of the women's South Australian state singles title in 1961-62 and played 167 times for the state.[5]

Ormsby died in 2019.[6]

Awards

In 1985 she was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to the sport.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile. Bowls Tawa.
  2. Book: Newby, Donald. Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. 1990. Telegraph Publications. 0-330-31664-8.
  3. Book: Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard. the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. 1974. Robert Hale and Company. 0-7091-3658-7.
  4. Web site: HALL OF FAME. Bowls South Australia.
  5. Web site: West Lakes lawn bowler Kate Smith makes the history books. The Advertiser.
  6. Web site: Vale: Mary Ormsby OAM. Bowls Australia. 27 July 2019.

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