Nina Shipperlee

Nina Shipperlee (born 30 August 1936) is a former Welsh international lawn bowler.[1]

Nina Shipperlee
Personal information
NationalityWelsh
Born (1936-08-30) 30 August 1936
Sport
ClubWhitchurch BC
Medal record
lawn bowls
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Manchester fours
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Silver medal – second place1997 Llandrindod Wellstriples

Bowls career

Shipperlee won the triples silver medal at the 1997 Atlantic Bowls Championships in Llandrindod Wells.[2][3]

Five years later, she won the bronze medal in the fours with Gill Miles, Ann Sutherland and Pam John at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.[4][5]

Shipperlee won the National pairs title in 1998 and 1999.[6]

She still bowls for the Whitchurch Bowling Club in North Cardiff and in 1988 became the clubs first member to be capped by Wales.[7]

References
  1. "Athletes Profile:Lawn Bowls". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. "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.
  3. "Dunwoodie, G. (1997) 'Price savours singular feat'". The Times. 3 September 1997. p. 46. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  4. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  5. "profile". Bowls Tawa.
  6. ""Sport in Brief." Times, 10 Sept. 1999, p. 55". Times Digital Archives.
  7. "History". Whitchurch Bowls Club.
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