Sonia Bruce
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| Nationality | Filipino | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 August 1966 Sagay, Negros Occidental, Philippines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Angeles Sports and Country Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Asuncion 'Sonia' Bruce (born 1966) is an Philippines international lawn bowler.[1]
Bowls career[]
Bruce competed in the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship but came to prominence when winning a bronze medal at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch in the fours with Hazel Jagonoy, Rosita Bradborn and Ronalyn Greenlees.[2]
In 2014 and 2016, she won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs titles, first with Ainie Knight and later with Rosita Bradborn.[3]
She has won four medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, starting in 2003 in Brisbane, where she won a bronze medal in the triples with Lolita Treasure and Milagros Witheridge. Six years later she won a second bronze, again in the triples with Witheridge and Greenlees. Two years later in 2011, she won a silver in Adelaide with Witehridge and Joy Tordoff and finally in 2015 in Christchurch, she secured another bronze but this time in the pairs event with Ainee Knight.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Asuncion Bruce profile". World Bowls 2016.
- ^ "Results". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ "HK Classic winners Women's pairs". HKLBA. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- 1966 births
- Filipino female lawn bowls players
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Negros Occidental
- Southeast Asian Games medalists in lawn bowls
- Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for the Philippines
- Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for the Philippines
- Competitors at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games
- Competitors at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games
- Competitors at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games
- Competitors at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games