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Birth name | Pearl Sellars | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Invercargill, New Zealand | 2 October 1925||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 14 January 2010 Taranaki, New Zealand | (aged 84)||||||||||||||||||||||
Relatives | Joyce Osborne (sister) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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National finals | Singles champion (1979) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Pearl Dymond (née Sellars; 2 October 1925 – 14 January 2010) was a New Zealand international lawn bowler.[1][2]
Dymond started bowling for the Stratford club in 1962 and won a silver medal at the 1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing in the triples event with Cis Winstanley and Hazel Harper.[3] An additional bronze medal was won in the team event.
She also played in the triples team that won the silver medal in the triples event with Jennifer Simpson and Joyce Osborne at the 1982 Commonwealth Games.[4]
At club level Dymond won 16 Taranaki titles and nine senior champion of champions singles in addition to the 1979 New Zealand National Bowls Championships singles.[5][6]
Pearl Dymond's sister was Joyce Osborne and her brother was jockey and lawn bowler Vic Sellars.[7]