Rhoda Ryan
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| Nationality |  New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | April 22, 2002 (aged 77) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Stratford BC Matamata Bowling Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rhoda Ryan was a former international lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.[1]
Bowls career
Ryan won the singles bronze medal at the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne, Australia. In 1990 she represented New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games and won a silver medal in the fours with Adrienne Lambert, Lynette McLean and Marlene Castle.[2]
Ryan won the 1980 singles, the 1973 & 1988 pairs and the 1981, 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1994 fours titles at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling mainly for the Matamata Bowls Club [3] and over 50 club titles.[4]
The eight times National Champion died in April 2002.[5]
References
- ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ World Bowls Committee (1985). 5th Women's World Bowls Souvenir Programme, page 32. World Bowls Committee.
- ^ "Bowls: Final roll-up for a bowls champion". New Zealand Herald.