Colleen Piketh

Colleen Piketh (née Webb; born 26 December 1972) is a South African international lawn bowler.[1]

Colleen Piketh
Personal information
Nationality South Africa
Born (1972-12-26) 26 December 1972
Johannesburg, South Africa
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubBedfordview BC
George BC
Medal record
Representing  South Africa
Commonwealth Games
2014 GlasgowWomen's pairs
2014 GlasgowWomen's singles
2018 Gold CoastWomen's pairs
2018 Gold CoastWomen's singles
World Outdoor Championships
2012 Adelaide Women's fours

Bowls career

Piketh competed in the women's pairs and the women's singles events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games[2] where she won a gold[3] and bronze medal respectively. She won a gold medal in the women's pairs at the World Bowls Atlantic Championships in Cyprus in 2015, together with Nici Neal. Piketh also competed in the singles format at the same tournament, losing to Guernsey's Lucy Beere 21-15 in the medal playoff game.

Piketh was part of South Africa's team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia[4] where she won a bronze medal in the singles event and a silver medal in the pairs.[5]

She won the 2018 pairs at the South African National Bowls Championships bowling for the George Bowls Club.[6]

In 2020 she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Gold Coast, Australia,[7] though this event was postponed until 2021.[8]

References
  1. "Piketh tops her section at world championships". Kempton Express. South Africa. 11 April 2014.
  2. "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  3. Etheridge, Mark (1 August 2014). "Piketh and Botha bowl to Team SA's 12th Games gold". SASCOC website. South Africa. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  4. "Team South Africa for Commonwealth Games announced". The South African.
  5. "Pairs results". CG2018.
  6. "Newsletters". South Africa Bowls. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  7. "NATIONAL SELECTIONS". Bowls South Africa.
  8. "2020 World Bowls Championships to be postponed indefinitely". Bowls Australia. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.