Margaret Sumner

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Margaret Sumner
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born1941
Terang
Medal record
Representing  Australia
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 Adelaide fours
Silver medal – second place 1996 Adelaide triples
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Kuala Lumpur pairs
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Silver medal – second place 1995 Dunedin triples
Silver medal – second place 1995 Dunedin fours
Gold medal – first place 1997 Warilla triples
Gold medal – first place 1997 Warilla fours

Margaret Sumner (née Terrington) is a former international lawn bowls competitor for Australia.[1][2]

Bowls career[]

In 1996 she won the gold medal in the fours and silver medal in the triples at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide. Two years later she won a bronze medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the pairs.[3]

She won four medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including double gold medal in the 1997 triples and fours at Warilla, Australia.[4]

She won the Terang Bowling Club Championship 18 times and married Allan Sumner in 1966.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  2. ^ "Athletes' Profile: Lawn Bowls". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  4. ^ "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Profile - Margaret Sumner - Player Legend". TBN Vic Bowls.
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