Marilyn Gay Peddell is an international lawn and indoor bowls competitor for Australia, from Bribie Island.[1]

Marilyn Peddell
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Medal record
Representing  Australia
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 Adelaide fours
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1998 Kuala Lumpur fours
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Warilla fours
Silver medal – second place 1997 Warilla pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Melbourne singles

Bowls career

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In 1996, Peddell won the gold medal in the fours at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide. Two years later she won a silver medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the fours.[2] In addition she finished runner-up to Betty Brown in the 2001 World Indoor Bowls Championship at Great Yarmouth.[3]

She won three medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including a 1997 fours gold medal in Warilla.[4]

She won the Kingscliff Pairs in 1996 and in 2002 and has won the Queensland Champion of Champions singles title in 2008 and 2009.[5]

She was the runner-up in the 'W.I.B.C.' Ladies Singles for the Christine Peacock Trophy in 2000/2001. She lost the last game of the Asia Pacific championship which cost her the gold medal, and she was afterwards excluded from the Australian team in 2002. A portrait of her was hung in the Archibald Prize in 2000.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Athletes' Profile: Lawn Bowls". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  3. ^ "Bowls: Brown in shape for showdown". The Telegraph.
  4. ^ "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  5. ^ Marilyn Peddell eyes third Champion of Champions singles title