Willow Fong Explained

Willow Fong
Nationality:Fijian & Australian
Club:Rewa / Merrylands Bowling Club

Willow Fong is a Tongan born, former international lawn bowls competitor for Fiji and Australia.[1]

Biography

Fong is originally from Tonga and started bowling in 1974.[2]

Fong won the pairs silver medal with Maraia Lum On at the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Toronto, Canada and four years later won the pairs silver medal again at the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne, Australia. In 1998 she represented Australia at the Commonwealth Games and won a bronze medal in the pairs with Gordana Baric.[3]

She was the joint flag bearer for Fiji at the opening ceremony of the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[4]

She has won nine medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including five gold medals.[5]

She now bowls in Australia for the Merrylands Bowling Club and is the wife of male bowls international Peter Fong.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Newby, Donald. Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. 1990. Telegraph Publications. 0-330-31664-8.
  2. Book: World Bowls Committee. 5th Women's World Bowls Souvenir Programme, page 26. 1985. World Bowls Committee.
  3. Web site: Profile. Bowls Tawa.
  4. Web site: 2001 Willow Fong – Women's Lawn Bowls. Sports TG.
  5. Web site: Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners. World Bowls. 31 May 2021.