Jennifer Dowds

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Jennifer Dowds
Personal information
NationalityNorthern Irish
Born (1959-07-07) 7 July 1959 (age 64)
Ballymoney, Northern Ireland
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubBallymena BC
Medal record
Representing Ireland
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Christchurch fours
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Ayr singles
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Johannesburg pairs

Jennifer Dowds (born 7 July 1959) is a Northern Irish international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career[edit]

International[edit]

Dowds won the bronze medal in the fours at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch, New Zealand.[2]

In 2007, she won the singles bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[3][4] and two years later won the pairs bronze medal at the 2009 Atlantic Bowls Championships.[5][6]

National[edit]

Dowd won the 2005 singles title at the Irish National Bowls Championships.[7]

Additionally, she won the 1995 and 1997 pairs titles and the 2012 fours title, at the Irish National Championships, bowling for the Ballymoney and Ballymena Bowls Clubs respectively.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Jennifer Dowds biography". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. ^ "Medallists". Burnside Bowling Club.
  3. ^ "2007 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Bowls". The Times. 18 July 2007. p. 61. Retrieved 20 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  5. ^ "2009 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 14 March 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Bowls". The Times. 18 May 2009. p. 61. Retrieved 21 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  7. ^ "Ladies Bowls". Ireland's Saturday Night. 3 September 2005. Retrieved 3 September 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Irish Women's Bowling Association National Championships". Irish Women's Bowling Association.