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Jo Edwards
Medal record
Women's lawn bowls
Representing  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Manchester Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow Singles
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Leamington Spa Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2008 Christchurch Pairs

Joanna "Jo" Edwards, MNZM (born 5 February 1970 in Clatterbridge, England), is a lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games she won a gold medal along with Sharon Sims in the women's pairs event.[1] She has twice won the Gold medal at the World Outdoor Bowls Championships in the pairs events: in 2004 with Sharon Sims; and in 2008 with Val Smith.

In the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours, Edwards was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to lawn bowls.[2]

The women's World number one star excelled at the 2015 APL (Australian Premier League). Edwards, the only woman competing in the eight-team tournament featuring 24 of the world's top players, played some top quality bowls alongside her countrymen Ali Forsyth and Shannon McIlroy to grab the title in a thrilling final from the Adelaide Endurance at Club Pine Rivers.

Branded as lawn Bowls' answer to Twenty20, the APL, launched in 2013, has received rave reviews for its popular quick-fire, two set, five-end format, which includes substitutes, a 30-second shot clock and a one-end tie break if required.[3]

References

  1. ^ Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website
  2. ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2014". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  3. ^ Landells, Steve (17 November 2015). "Lawn bowls: Jo Edwards stars in Blackjacks triumph". New Zealand Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 30 December 2015.


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