| Rhoda Ryan | |
| Birth Name: | Rhoda Constance Hawke |
| Birth Date: | 4 January 1925 |
| Death Place: | Matamata, New Zealand |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Sport: | Lawn bowls |
| Club: | Stratford BC Matamata Bowling Club |
Rhoda Constance Ryan (née Hawke; 4 January 1925 – 22 April 2002) was an international lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.[1]
Ryan won the singles bronze medal at the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne, Australia. In 1990 she represented New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games and won a silver medal in the fours with Adrienne Lambert, Lyn McLean and Marlene Castle.[2]
She won two medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including a gold medal in the 1985 pairs at Tweed Heads, New South Wales.[3]
Ryan won the 1980 singles, the 1973 & 1988 pairs and the 1981, 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1994 fours titles at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling mainly for the Matamata Bowls Club [4] and over 50 club titles.[5]
The eight times National Champion died in April 2002.[6]