Elsie Hamer Wilkie MBE (née Fielden, 20 December 1922 – 29 November 1995) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player who represented her country internationally.[1]
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| Birth name | Elsie Hamer Fielden | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 December 1922 Waihou, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 November 1995 (aged 72) Matamata, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Robert Caldwell Wilkie
(m. 1943) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Walton Bowling Club Matamata Bowling Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bowls career
editShe was born in Waihou, near Te Aroha.[2]
She won the singles gold medal at the 1973 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Wellington, New Zealand in addition to the team gold (Taylor Trophy),[3] and four years later successfully defended her title when taking singles gold again at the 1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing, England.[4] An additional bronze medal was won in the team event.
She won the 1966, 1970 & 1971 singles titles and the 1969 & 1980 pairs title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Walton and Matamata Bowls Club respectively.[5]
Honours and awards
editIn the 1979 New Year Honours, Wilkie was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to bowling.[6]
In 1990, Wilkie was the first woman bowler to be inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame.[2]
References
edit- ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ a b Stanley, Joan C. "Wilkie, Elsie Hamer". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ "No. 47725". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 30 December 1978. p. 41.
