Maraia Lum On
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| Nationality |  Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Rewa Bowling Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Maraia Lum On is a former international lawn bowls competitor for Fiji.[1]
Lum On won the pairs silver medal with Willow Fong at the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Toronto, Canada and four years later won the singles and pairs silver medal at the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne, Australia.[2]
Lum On started bowling in 1976 and was the 1982 Fiji Sportswoman of the Year.[3] She had been inducted into the Fiji Sports Hall of Fame and in 1986 was the joint flag bearer for Fiji at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[4]
She now bowls in Australia for the Cabramatta Bowling and Recreation Club. She is the mother of eight children; three daughters and five sons. Grandmother and Great-grandmother to too many kids to count. In her spare time, she likes to cook for her grandchildren, gardening and spending time with family and friends.
References
- ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ World Bowls Committee (1985). 5th Women's World Bowls Souvenir Programme, page 26. World Bowls Committee.
- ^ "2006 Maraia Lum On - Women's Lawn Bowls". Sports TG.
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