Phillis Nolan
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| Nationality | Irish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 February 1946 Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 March 2022 (aged 76)[1] Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Bray BC (1972-77) Blackrock BC (1978-) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Phillis Nolan (10 February 1946 – 16 March 2022) was an Irish lawn bowler.[2]
Bowls career[edit]
World Outdoor Championship[edit]
Nolan partnered Margaret Johnston in a very successful pairs team and they won three consecutive World Outdoor Bowls Championships gold medals.[3] The three world titles came at the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.
Atlantic Championships[edit]
In 1993, she won the pairs gold medal with Barbara Cameron at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships.[4][5] She went on to win three more medals at the Championships.
British Isles[edit]
She also won the British Isles Bowls Championships singles title three times in 1992, 1993 and 2005, a record only bettered by fellow Irish bowler Margaret Johnston[6]
At the Irish National Bowls Championships bowling for the Blackrock Bowls Club, she won the singles title six times (1989, 1991, 1992, 1997, 2004, 2007), the pairs in 1983, 1992, 1996, 2005[7] the triples in 1986 & 2014 and the fours in 1979, 1994, 1995 and 2000.[8]
Family[edit]
Her son John Nolan was the 1991 singles champion at the Irish National Bowls Championships.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ "Phillis Nolan – A proud record". Irish Lawn Bowls. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
- ^ "Bowling for Gold". Culture Northern Ireland.
- ^ "'Shaw strikes gold'". The Times. 25 October 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "'Guernsey finally falter". The Times. 1 November 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Bowls: Phillis Nolan eyes British record win". The Telegraph.
- ^ "Ladies Bowls". Ireland's Saturday Night. 3 September 2005. Retrieved 3 September 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Irish Women's Bowling Association National Championships". Irish Women's Bowling Association.
- ^ "bad day for Scots in Larne". Dundee Courier. 20 June 1992. p. 17. Retrieved 9 April 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.