Ellen Cawker

Ellen Cawker is a former South African international lawn bowler and national team manager.[1]

Ellen Cawker
Personal information
Nationality South Africa
Born (1946-02-28) 28 February 1946
Perth, Scotland
Sport
ClubMargate Bowls Club
Medal record
Women's lawn bowls
Commonwealth Games
2002 Manchester pairs

Bowls career

Cawker was born in 1946 in Perth, Scotland but emigrated to Rhodesia in 1956 and won the silver medal in the women's pairs with Jill Hackland at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.[2] [3]

She retired from international competition after the Commonwealth Games and then served as South Africa team manager until 2007 but still plays for the Margate Bowls Club.[4]

She won the 2010 fours at the National Championships bowling for the Margate Bowls Club.[5]

References
  1. "Athletes Profile:Lawn Bowls". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. "Ellen Cawker profile". Bowls Tawa. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
  3. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  4. "Top Achievers". Margate Bowls Club.
  5. "Newsletters". South Africa Bowls. Archived from the original on 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2019-04-04.


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