Verna Devlin Explained

Verna Devlin
Sport:Lawn bowls
Club:Herne Bay BC/Carlton BC

Verna Devlin is a former international lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.[1]

Bowls career

She won the fours gold medal at the 1973 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Wellington, New Zealand.[2] She also won the gold medal in the team event (Taylor Trophy).[3]

Devlin won the 1982 singles title and the 1971 pairs title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Herne Bay Bowls Club.[4]

Awards

Devlin was inducted into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame in 2013.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Newby, Donald. Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. 1990. Telegraph Publications. 0-330-31664-8.
  2. Web site: Profile. Bowls Tawa.
  3. Book: Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard. the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. 1974. Robert Hale and Company. 0-7091-3658-7.
  4. Web site: New Zealand Championships. Bowls Tawa.
  5. Web site: BOWLS LEGENDS HONOURED AT INAUGURAL HALL OF FAME CELEBRATION. Bowls Manawatu.

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