Wendy Line Explained

Wendy Line (née Clarke)
Nationality:	British (English)
Club:	Southampton BC

Wendy Line (née Clarke) is an English international lawn and indoor bowler.^[1]

Bowls career

Line only started bowling at the age of 40 but won a bronze medal in the pairs at the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Auckland.^[2]

Her greatest achievement came in the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Auckland when she won the gold medal in the women's singles.^[3] She represented England in the singles event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland^{[4] [5]} and four years later represented England in the fours event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.^{[6] [7] [8]}

Under her maiden name of Clarke she won the 1981 National fours^[9] and the 1982 national singles.^[10] In 1985, she won the national triples title, bowling for Southampton BC.^[11]

Personal life

In 1984, she is married to fellow international bowler Peter Line.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wendy Line Profile. Bowls tawa.
2. Web site: World Bowls Champions. Burnside Bowling Club.
3. Book: Newby, Donald. Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. 1990. Telegraph Publications. 0-330-31664-8.
4. Web site: 1990 Athletes. Team England.
5. Web site: England team in 1990. Commonwealth Games Federation.
6. Web site: 1994 Athletes. Team England.
7. Web site: England team in 1994. Commonwealth Games Federation.
8. Web site: Athletes and results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
9. News: Bowls . Daily Mirror . 14 August 1981 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 22 August 2023.
10. News: Bowls . Sandwell Evening Mail . 13 August 1982 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 18 August 2023.
11. News: No disgrace in final defeat . Coventry Evening Telegraph . 15 August 1985 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 21 August 2023.