Elsie Wilkie

Elsie Wilkie
MBE
Personal information
Birth nameElsie Hamer Fielden
Born(1922-12-20)20 December 1922
Waihou, New Zealand
Died29 November 1995(1995-11-29) (aged 72)
Matamata, New Zealand
Spouse
Robert Caldwell Wilkie
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(m. 1943)​
Sport
ClubWalton Bowling Club
Matamata Bowling Club
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Women's lawn bowls
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1973 Wellington singles
Gold medal – first place 1973 Wellington team
Gold medal – first place 1977 Worthing singles
Bronze medal – third place 1977 Worthing team

Elsie Hamer Wilkie MBE (née Fielden, 20 December 1922 – 29 November 1995) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player who represented her country internationally.[1]

Bowls career

She was born in Waihou, near Te Aroha.[2]

She won the singles gold medal at the 1973 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Wellington, New Zealand in addition to the team gold (Taylor Trophy),[3] and four years later successfully defended her title when taking singles gold again at the 1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing, England.[4] An additional bronze medal was won in the team event.

She won the 1966, 1970 & 1971 singles titles and the 1969 & 1980 pairs title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Walton and Matamata Bowls Club respectively.[5]

Honours and awards

In the 1979 New Year Honours, Wilkie was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to bowling.[6]

In 1990, Wilkie was the first woman bowler to be inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame.[2]

References

  1. ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  2. ^ a b Stanley, Joan C. "Wilkie, Elsie Hamer". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  3. ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  4. ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  5. ^ "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
  6. ^ "No. 47725". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 30 December 1978. p. 41.