Betty Stubbings was an England international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

Betty Stubbings
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubPickering BC and Yorkshire (outdoor)
Ryedale (indoor)
Medal record
Representing  England
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1981 Toronto fours
Gold medal – first place 1981 Toronto team
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Melbourne fours
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Brisbane triples
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Edinburgh pairs

Bowls career

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Stubbings was an England International from 1978 until 1992.[2]

In 1980, she took part in the world championship qualifier at the Whitnash Bowls Club for the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Canada.[3] After qualifying for the 1981 championships she won two gold medals in the fours with Eileen Fletcher, Mavis Steele, Gloria Thomas and Irene Molyneux and the team event (Taylor Trophy) at the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Toronto. Four years later she won a bronze medal in the fours.

Stubbings also won two bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games[4] and won the National Title in 1977.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa. Archived from the original on 31 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  2. ^ "MINUTES" (PDF). Bowls England.
  3. ^ "Top bowlers at ladies' championship". Banbury Guardian. 19 June 1980. Retrieved 23 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  5. ^ "Wigton struggle to beat Avenue". Birmingham Daily Post. 12 August 1977. Retrieved 18 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.