Irene Foote
Personal information
Nationality New Zealand
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubHauriki BC
Matua BC
Thames Valley BC
Bay of Plenty BC
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1973 Wellington triples
Gold medal – first place 1973 Wellington fours
Gold medal – first place 1973 Wellington team
Bronze medal – third place 1977 Worthing team

Irene Foote was an international lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.[1]

Bowls career

World Championships

Foote won three gold medals in the triples with Noeleen Scott and Cis Winstanley, the fours with Scott, Winstanley and Verna Devlin and the team event (Taylor Trophy) at the 1973 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Wellington, New Zealand.[2][3][4]

Four years later she won a bronze medal as part of the New Zealand team at the 1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.

National

Foote won five National Champion of Champion singles titles and was inducted into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame in 2013.[5]

References

  1. ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  2. ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  3. ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  4. ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
  5. ^ "BOWLS LEGENDS HONOURED AT INAUGURAL HALL OF FAME CELEBRATION". Bowls Manawatu. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
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