Phillis Nolan

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Phillis Nolan
Personal information
NationalityIrish
BornFebruary 1946
Bray
Sport
ClubBlackrock BC
Medal record
Representing Four Provinces Flag.svg combined Ireland
World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place 1988 Auckland pairs
Gold medal – first place 1992 Ayr pairs
Gold medal – first place 1996 Leamington Spa pairs
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 Florida pairs
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Durban singles
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Durban pairs
Silver medal – second place 1997 Llandrindod Wells pairs
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 1992 singles
Gold medal – first place 1993 singles
Gold medal – first place 2005 singles
Gold medal – first place 1995 pairs
Gold medal – first place 1996 pairs

Phillis Nolan is a former Irish lawn bowler, born in February 1946.[1]

Bowls career[]

World Outdoor Championship[]

Nolan partnered Margaret Johnston in a very successful pairs team and they won three consecutive World Outdoor Bowls Championships gold medals.[2] 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[]

In 1993, she won the pairs gold medal with Barbara Cameron at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships.[3][4] She went on to win three more medals at the Championships.

British Isles[]

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[5] and won the 2014 triples title at the Irish National Bowls Championships bowling for the Blackrock Bowls Club.[6]

Family[]

Her son John Nolan was the 1991 singles champion at the Irish National Bowls Championships.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  2. ^ "Bowling for Gold". Culture Northern Ireland.
  3. ^ "'Shaw strikes gold'". The Times. 25 October 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  4. ^ "'Guernsey finally falter". The Times. 1 November 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  5. ^ "Bowls: Phillis Nolan eyes British record win". The Telegraph.
  6. ^ "Irish Women's Bowling Association National Championships". Irish Women's Bowling Association.
  7. ^ "bad day for Scots in Larne". Dundee Courier. 20 June 1992. p. 17. Retrieved 9 April 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
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