Mavis Steele

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Mavis Steele
Personal information
Nationality England
Born(1928-09-09)9 September 1928
Kenton, Middlesex
Died1998
Surrey
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubSunbury Sports Club BC
Egham IBC
Medal record
Representing  England
World Outdoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 1973 Wellington pairs
Silver medal – second place 1973 Wellington singles
Bronze medal – third place 1973 Wellington team
Gold medal – first place 1981 Toronto fours
Gold medal – first place 1981 Toronto team
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Melbourne fours
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Brisbane Triples

Mavis Mary Steele (1928-1998) MBE was an England international lawn bowler.[1]

Personal life[]

Mavis was born in Kenton, Middlesex on 9 September 1928. She was a data preparation manager by trade.[2]

Bowls career[]

In 1973 she secured a double silver at the 1973 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Wellington, New Zealand in the singles and the pairs with Phyllis Derrick. Eight years later she her finest moment came when claiming double gold in the fours with Eileen Fletcher, Betty Stubbings, Gloria Thomas and Irene Molyneux and the team event (Taylor Trophy), during the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Toronto.[3]

Mavis was twice selected to represent England at the Commonwealth Games; the first in 1982 in Brisbane where she won a bronze medal in the triples with Norma Shaw and Betty Stubbings and the second in 1990.[4] [5]

She won eight outdoor National titles; the singles in 1961, 1962 and 1969, the pairs in 1964 & 1971, the triples in 1968 and the fours in 1963 & 1969. She played for Sunbury Sports Club outdoors and the Egham club indoors.[2]

Awards[]

Steele was awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1983 for services to lawn bowls.

References[]

  1. ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. ^ a b Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  3. ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  4. ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  5. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
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