Mabel Darlington
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 December 1916 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 1999 (aged 82–83) Nuneaton, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Nuneaton BC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mabel Phoebe Darlington (5 December 1916 – 1999) was a Canadian-born international lawn bowls competitor for England.[1]
Bowls career
[edit]In 1977 she won the silver medal in the fours at the 1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing with Margaret Lockwood, Joan Hunt and Joan Sparkes.[2]
After taking up bowls in 1951 she won the 1961 national 2 wood singles title[3] at the England Women's National Championships when bowling for Warwickshire.[4]
Also won the Leamington Open four times.
References
[edit]- ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ "National title for Nuneaton Woman". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 25 August 1961. Retrieved 19 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
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