Helen Wong
Appearance
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Nationality | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1925 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 25 March 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Club | Craigengower CC Bowling Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Helen Wong was a Hong Kong international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
Wong won a gold medal in the 1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship pairs in Worthing with Elvie Chok. Four years later she won a bronze medal in the singles at the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Toronto. In 1985 she won a third world medal when winning a silver medal in the triples at the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne with Sandra Zakoske and Rae O’Donnell.[2]
Wong played bowls at the Craigengower CC Bowls Club and won the National singles title seven times in 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1971, 1974 & 1978.[3] She died in 2012.[4]
References
- ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ "Ladies Singles Title 1978" (PDF). Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Association.
- ^ "Obituary". Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Association.