Ellen Cawker

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Ellen Cawker
Personal information
NationalitySouth African
Born (1946-02-28) 28 February 1946 (age 75)
Perth, Scotland
Sport
ClubMargate Bowls Club
Medal record
Women's lawn bowls
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2002 Manchester pairs
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Cape Town fours

Ellen Cawker is a former South African international lawn bowler and national team manager.[1]

Bowls career[]

Cawker was born in 1946 in Perth, Scotland but emigrated to Rhodesia in 1956.

In 1999 she won the fours gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships with Trish Steyn, Hester Bekker and Lorna Trigwell.[2][3]

Three years later in 2002, she won the silver medal in the women's pairs with Jill Hackland at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.[4] [5]

She retired from international competition after the Commonwealth Games and then served as South Africa team manager until 2007 but still plays for the Margate Bowls Club.[6]

She won the 2010 fours at the National Championships bowling for the Margate Bowls Club.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Athletes Profile:Lawn Bowls". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. ^ "'Johnston maintains dominance' (1999)". The Times. 29 March 1999. p. 31. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  3. ^ "'For the Record' (1999)". The Times. 25 March 1999. p. 53. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  4. ^ "Ellen Cawker profile". Bowls Tawa. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
  5. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  6. ^ "Top Achievers". Margate Bowls Club.
  7. ^ "Newsletters". South Africa Bowls. Archived from the original on 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
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