Irene Molyneux

Irene Molyneux (1923-2019) was an international lawn bowls competitor for England.[2]

Irene Molyneux
Personal information
Nationality England
Born1923
Died27 June 2019 (aged 96) [1]
Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubOxford City and County BC

Bowls career

In 1981 Molyneux won double gold in the fours with Eileen Fletcher, Mavis Steele, Betty Stubbings and Gloria Thomas and the team event (Taylor Trophy) and a bronze medal in the pairs at the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Toronto.[3]

Molyneaux won seven National Championships titles; 1976 (pairs), 1979 (two wood singles), 1974, 1979, 1991, 1996 (triples) and fours (1986). She also won the British Isles Bowls Championships pairs title in 1977 with Margaret Lockwood.[4][1]

Her husband Jim was President of the Oxford City and County Bowls Club in 1976.[5]

References

  1. "OBITUARY: Oxfordshire bowls star, Irene Molyneux, from Abingdon". Oxford Mail.
  2. Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  3. "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  4. Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
  5. "Club Honours". Oxford City & County BC.
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