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Lynne Whitehead

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Lynne Whitehead
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1973-03-12) 12 March 1973 (age 51)
Norwich, England
Sport
ClubNorfolk Bowling Club
Medal record
lawn bowls
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Manchester pairs
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Ayr triples
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 triples
Gold medal – first place 2007 fours

Lynne Maria Whitehead (born 1973) is an English international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career

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She was born in 1973 and won the bronze medal in the pairs with Amy Gowshall at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.[2][3]

In 2007 she won the triples gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[4][5]

She bowls for the Norfolk Bowling Club and has won four English National titles (the 2006 triples and 2006 fours and the junior singles in 1994[6] & 1998[7]).[8] She subsequently won the 2007 triples and fours at the British Isles Bowls Championships.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Athletes Profile:Lawn Bowls". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  3. ^ "Lynne Whitehead profile". Bowls Tawa. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  4. ^ "2007 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Bowls". The Times. 18 July 2007. p. 61. Retrieved 20 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  6. ^ "Bowls". Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition). 1 August 1994. Retrieved 30 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "For the Record". The Times. 10 August 1998. p. 34. Retrieved 27 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  8. ^ "Lynne aiming for bowls success". BBC Sport. 17 July 2002.
  9. ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council. 30 July 2013.