Marlene Robyn Castle (born 13 March 1944) is a lawn and indoor bowls international for New Zealand.[1]
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| Born | 13 March 1944 Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Bruce Castle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relative | Raelene Castle (daughter) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Orewa BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bowls career
editThe veteran of four Commonwealth Games won her first medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, earning a silver in the women's fours. Again as part of the women's fours team she won a bronze medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. Her last Commonwealth medal was at the 2002 Commonwealth Games where she won a bronze in the women's singles.[2]
Castle has won twelve medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including five gold medals.[3]
Castle won the 2001 pairs title and the 1999 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Orewa Bowls Club.[4]
Awards
editIn 1990, Castle was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[5] In 2013, she was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame.[6]
Personal life
editHer husband is Bruce Castle, a former New Zealand Kiwis captain, and her daughter Raelene Castle is a sports administrator. Raelene has previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of Netball New Zealand and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs,[7] and became the CEO of Rugby Australia in December 2017.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Athlete Profile". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website
- ^ "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 93. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
- ^ "Bowls legends honoured at inaugural Hall of Fame celebration". Bowls New Zealand. 2013. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ Castle confirmed as new Bulldogs chief smh.com.au, 29 May 2013
- ^ "Raelene Castle becomes first female chief executive of Rugby Australia". TheGuardian.com. Australian Associated Press. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.