Jean Valls
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Raynes Park & Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jean Valls is a former England international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
Bowls career
[edit]Valls won two bronze medals in the pairs and fours at the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne in addition to winning a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games[2]
She also won three National Titles; (singles 1983),[3] (pairs 1982[4] & 1983).[5] She subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1984.[6][7] Valls was runner-up in the fours in 1976.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
- ^ "Bowls". Western Daily Press. 12 August 1983. Retrieved 18 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Allan, G. (1982) 'Bowls'". The Times. 16 August 1982. p. 15. Retrieved 25 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "'A notable double'". The Times. 15 August 1983. p. 20. Retrieved 25 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ "Ilminster go out". Western Daily Press. 11 August 1976. Retrieved 27 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.