Gill Miles

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Gill Miles
Personal information
NationalityWelsh
Born (1941-04-26) 26 April 1941 (age 83)
Sport
ClubCardiff BC
Medal record
Representing  Wales
lawn bowls
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Manchester fours
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 1989 fours
Gold medal – first place 2009 triples

Gillian 'Gill' Dawn Miles is a former Welsh international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career[edit]

She was born in 1941 and won the bronze medal in the fours with Ann Sutherland, Pam John and Nina Shipperlee at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.[2][3]

She still bowls for the Cardiff Bowling Club in age group events.[4] Gill is also a former Welsh captain and her mother Mavis Bellamy was also capped by Wales.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Athletes Profile:Lawn Bowls". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  3. ^ "profile". Bowls Tawa. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  4. ^ "CLUB NEWS". Cardiff Bowling Club.
  5. ^ "Super bowl". Wales Online. 30 August 2006.