Patricia Smith (bowls)

Pat Smith
Personal information
Born1920
Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia
Died2017 (aged 96–97)
Sport
ClubMurwillumbah BC
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1986 Edinburgh fours
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place 1985 Tweed Heads triples
Silver medal – second place 1985 Tweed Heads fours

Patricia Josephine Smith (1920–2017) was an Australian international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career

Pat was part of the fours team that won a silver medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.[2] She had previously competed at the 1982 Commonwealth Games.

She also won a gold medal and a silver medal, at the 1985 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in Tweed Heads, New South Wales[3][4] and bowled for New South Wales from 1972-1987.

Awards

She was awarded the Australian Sports Medal in 2000 and the Member of the Order of Australia in 1989 for services to bowls.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Pat Smith profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 90. Pan Books Ltd. pp. 70–71. ISBN 0-330-31364-9.
  4. ^ "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Pat embodied Games spirit". Tweed Daily News.