Sonia Bruce
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| Nationality | Filipino | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 August 1966 Sagay, Negros Occidental, Philippines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Angeles Sports and Country Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Asuncion Yang Yang Bruce (born 1966) also known as Sonia Bruce is a Philippines international lawn bowler.[1][2]
Bowls career
[edit]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.[3]
In 2014 and 2016, she won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs titles, first with Ainie Knight and later with Rosita Bradborn.[4]
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.[5]
In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent Philippines at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[6] She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Asuncion Bruce profile". World Bowls 2016.
- ^ "Masterlist of eligible athletes" (PDF). PSC.gov. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Results". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ "HK Classic winners Women's pairs". HKLBA. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- 1966 births
- Filipino female lawn bowls players
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Negros Occidental
- SEA Games medalists in lawn bowls
- SEA Games silver medalists for the Philippines
- SEA Games bronze medalists for the Philippines
- Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 2005 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games
- 20th-century Filipino women
- 21st-century Filipino women