Nina Shipperlee Explained

Nina Shipperlee
Nationality:	Welsh
Birth Date:	30 August 1936
Club:	Whitchurch BC

Nina Shipperlee (born 30 August 1936) is a former Welsh international lawn bowler.^[1]

Bowls career

Shipperlee won the triples silver medal at the 1997 Atlantic Bowls Championships in Llandrindod Wells.^{[2] [3]}

Five years later, she won the bronze medal in the fours with Gill Miles, Ann Sutherland and Pam John at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.^{[4] [5]}

Shipperlee won the National pairs title in 1998 and 1999.^[6]

She still bowls for the Whitchurch Bowling Club in North Cardiff and in 1988 became the clubs first member to be capped by Wales.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletes Profile:Lawn Bowls. Commonwealth Games Federation.
2. News: Dunwoodie, G. (1997) 'Hawes and Price take title for England'. 27 August 1997 . The Times . 25 May 2021. 39 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
3. News: Dunwoodie, G. (1997) 'Price savours singular feat'. 3 September 1997 . The Times . 25 May 2021. 46 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
4. Web site: COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS. GBR Athletics.
5. Web site: profile. Bowls Tawa.
6. Web site: "Sport in Brief." Times, 10 Sept. 1999, p. 55. Times Digital Archives.
7. Web site: History. Whitchurch Bowls Club.