Phillis Nolan

Phillis Nolan (10 February 1946 – 16 March 2022) was an Irish lawn bowler.[2]

Phillis Nolan
Personal information
NationalityIrish
Born(1946-02-10)10 February 1946
Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
Died16 March 2022(2022-03-16) (aged 76)[1]
Dublin, Ireland
Sport
ClubBray BC (1972-77)
Blackrock BC (1978-)
Medal record
Representing combined Ireland
World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place1988 Aucklandpairs
Gold medal – first place1992 Ayrpairs
Gold medal – first place1996 Leamington Spapairs
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place1993 Floridapairs
Bronze medal – third place1995 Durbansingles
Bronze medal – third place1995 Durbanpairs
Silver medal – second place1997 Llandrindod Wellspairs
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place1992singles
Gold medal – first place1993singles
Gold medal – first place1995fours
Gold medal – first place1996fours
Gold medal – first place2005singles

Bowls career

World Outdoor Championship

Nolan partnered Margaret Johnston in a very successful pairs team and they won three consecutive World Outdoor Bowls Championships gold medals.[3] The three world titles came at the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.

Atlantic Championships

In 1993, she won the pairs gold medal with Barbara Cameron at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships.[4][5] She went on to win three more medals at the Championships.

British Isles

She also won the British Isles Bowls Championships singles title three times in 1992, 1993 and 2005, a record only bettered by fellow Irish bowler Margaret Johnston[6]

At the Irish National Bowls Championships bowling for the Blackrock Bowls Club, she won the singles title six times (1989, 1991, 1992, 1997, 2004, 2007), the pairs in 1983, 1992, 1996, 2005[7] the triples in 1986 & 2014 and the fours in 1979, 1994, 1995 and 2000.[8]

Family

Her son John Nolan was the 1991 singles champion at the Irish National Bowls Championships.[9]

References
  1. "Phillis Nolan – A proud record". Irish Lawn Bowls. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  2. Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  3. "Bowling for Gold". Culture Northern Ireland.
  4. "'Shaw strikes gold'". The Times. 25 October 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  5. "'Guernsey finally falter". The Times. 1 November 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  6. "Bowls: Phillis Nolan eyes British record win". The Telegraph.
  7. "Ladies Bowls". Ireland's Saturday Night. 3 September 2005. Retrieved 3 September 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. "Irish Women's Bowling Association National Championships". Irish Women's Bowling Association.
  9. "bad day for Scots in Larne". Dundee Courier. 20 June 1992. p. 17. Retrieved 9 April 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
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