Janice Maxwell

Janice Maxwell is a former Scottish international lawn bowler.[1]

Janice Maxwell
Personal information
NationalityScottish
Sport
ClubCastle Douglas
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1992 Ayr triples
Gold medal – first place 1992 Ayr fours
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Victoriafours
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place1993 Floridafours
Bronze medal – third place1997 Llandrindod Wellsfours

Bowls career

In 1992 she won a gold medal in both the triples and the fours at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Ayr.[2] She also won a bronze medal in the fours at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria with Betty Forsyth, Elizabeth Dickson and Dorothy Barr.[3][4]

In 1993 she won the fours gold medal at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships[5][6] and four years later won a fours bronze at the Championships.[7][8]

She also won the Scottish National Bowls Championships singles title in 1986 bowling for Castle Douglas, beating Annette Evans of Willow Bank BC 21-19 in the final, played at Stewarton BC. [9] Janice is a 27 times champion of her club.[10]

References
  1. Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  2. "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  3. "profile". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  5. "'Shaw strikes gold'". The Times. 25 October 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  6. "'Guernsey finally falter". The Times. 1 November 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  7. "Dunwoodie, G. (1997) 'Hawes and Price take title for England'". The Times. 27 August 1997. p. 39. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  8. "Dunwoodie, G. (1997) 'Price savours singular feat'". The Times. 3 September 1997. p. 46. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  9. "Previous Winners". Bowls Scotland. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  10. "Janice is named bowling champion for 25th time". Daily Record. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
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