Verna Devlin
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| Nationality |  New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Herne Bay BC/Carlton BC | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Verna Devlin is a former international lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.[1]
Bowls career
[edit]She won the fours gold medal at the 1973 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Wellington, New Zealand.[2] She also won the gold medal in the team event (Taylor Trophy).[3]
Devlin won the 1982 singles title and the 1971 pairs title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Herne Bay Bowls Club.[4]
Awards
[edit]Devlin was inducted into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame in 2013.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ^ "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ "BOWLS LEGENDS HONOURED AT INAUGURAL HALL OF FAME CELEBRATION". Bowls Manawatu.