Shirley Page is an English international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

Shirley Page
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1940-12-11) 11 December 1940 (age 83)
Sport
ClubBaldock Town BC (outdoor) / Riverain BC (Indoor)
Medal record
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Kuala Lumpur fours
Gold medal – first place 2002 Manchester fours
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Silver medal – second place 1993 Florida triples
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Florida fours
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 fours

Bowls career

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In 1993, she won the triples silver medal and fours bronze medal at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships.[2][3]

In 1998 she represented England at the 1998 Commonwealth Games at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur and won a bronze medal.[4]

Four years later she was part of the gold medal winning team in the fours at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester along with Ellen Alexander, Gill Mitchell and Carol Duckworth.[5][6]

Page is also a four times national champion representing Hertfordshire, winning the triples in 1990,[7] fours in 2000,[8] the singles in 2003[9] and the two wood singles in 2004.

References

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  1. ^ "Shirley Page profile". Bowls Tawa.
  2. ^ "'Shaw strikes gold'". The Times. 25 October 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  3. ^ "'Guernsey finally falter". The Times. 1 November 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  4. ^ "KUALA LUMPUR 1998: Bronze Medallists". Commonwealth Games England.
  5. ^ "Day six in Manchester". BBC. 30 July 2002.
  6. ^ "Athletes Profile:Lawn Bowls". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  7. ^ "'Burnham never look back after second end'". The Times. 9 August 1990. p. 33. Retrieved 26 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  8. ^ "For the Record". The Times. 17 August 2000. p. 39. Retrieved 27 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  9. ^ "The results service". The Times. 18 August 2003. p. 30. Retrieved 18 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.