Sonia Bruce

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Asuncion 'Sonia' Bruce
Personal information
NationalityFilipino
Born (1966-08-15) 15 August 1966 (age 57)
Sagay, Negros Occidental, Philippines
Sport
ClubAngeles Sports and Country Club
Medal record
Women's lawn bowls
Representing  Philippines
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Christchurch fours
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Brisbane triples
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Kuala Lumpur triples
Silver medal – second place 2011 Adelaide triples
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Christchurch pairs
Southeast Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2005 Manila triples
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima triples
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Kuala Lumpur pairs
Silver medal – second place 2019 Philippines triples

Asuncion 'Sonia' Bruce (born 1966) is an Philippines international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career

Bruce competed in the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship but came to prominence when winning a bronze medal at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch in the fours with Hazel Jagonoy, Rosita Bradborn and Ronalyn Greenlees.[2]

In 2014 and 2016, she won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs titles, first with Ainie Knight and later with Rosita Bradborn.[3]

She has won four medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, starting in 2003 in Brisbane, where she won a bronze medal in the triples with Lolita Treasure and Milagros Witheridge. Six years later she won a second bronze, again in the triples with Witheridge and Greenlees. Two years later in 2011, she won a silver in Adelaide with Witehridge and Joy Tordoff and finally in 2015 in Christchurch, she secured another bronze but this time in the pairs event with Ainee Knight.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Asuncion Bruce profile". World Bowls 2016.
  2. ^ "Results". Burnside Bowling Club.
  3. ^ "HK Classic winners Women's pairs". HKLBA. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.