Margaret Pomeroy

Margaret Pomeroy
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubHoward Gardens
Sophia Gardens
Medal record
Representing  Wales
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place1977 Worthingtriples
Bronze medal – third place1977 Worthingfours
Silver medal – second place1977 Worthingteam
Bronze medal – third place1988 Aucklandfours
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place1986pairs
Gold medal – first place1989pairs
Gold medal – first place1976triples
Gold medal – first place1981triples

Margaret Pomeroy is a Welsh former international lawn and indoor bowls competitor.[1]

Biography

In 1977 she won the gold medal in the triples with Enid Morgan and Joan Osborne, bronze medal in the fours with Morgan, Osborne and Janet Ackland and a silver medal in the team event (Taylor Trophy), at the 1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.[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]

Pomeroy represented the Welsh team at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia,[4] where she competed in the triples event, with Janet Ackland and Gill Miles.[5]

Pomeroy won a bronze medal at the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Auckland.

Pomeroy has won 12 titles at the Welsh National Bowls Championships (1965, 1969, 1973, 1976, 1981 singles; 1969, 1975, 1982, 1985, 1988 pairs; 1979, 1985 triples) when bowling for the Howard Gardens and Sophia Gardens Bowls Clubs respectively.[6] and seven indoor National titles, three in the pairs, three in the triples and one in the fours.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  2. ↑ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  3. ↑ "Top bowlers at ladies' championship". Banbury Guardian. 19 June 1980. Retrieved 23 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Wales Brisbane 1982". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
  6. ↑ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  7. ↑ "Competitions - Past Winners & Players". WLIBA.