Rebecca Field (bowls)
Rebecca Field married name Rebecca Willgress is an English international lawn & indoor bowls player. Field was the 2013 World Indoor singles champion.
Personal information | |
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Nickname(s) | Bex[1] |
Nationality | British (English) |
Born | 1990[2][3] York, Yorkshire, England[2] |
Personal life
Field starting playing bowls at the age of eight,[4][5] in her local village hall in York,[2] giving the short mat game a go.[5] She was attracted to the sport following a big drive in the 1990s to get people playing indoor bowls in their communities.[2] Subsequent moves to Boston, Lincolnshire with her family and then to study at the University of East Anglia in Norwich only increased her appetite for the game.[2] Field has language degrees in French and Spanish and currently works for a Norwich-based marketing firm.[2]
Field is a supporter of the Championship team Norwich City Football Club.[3]
Bowls career
Indoors
Field plays and competes for the Norfolk Bowling Club in Norwich.[6] She competed as a junior (U25) international player for several years[6] and won multiple titles. Amongst her accomplishments as a junior, is being a two-time English and British Isles indoor singles champion.
Field first competed for the England senior ladies team at indoor level in 2011,[6] when she was named in the squad for the BIWIBC International Series.[7] Field competed at her first World Indoor Championships in 2012 in the ladies singles event.[2] Organisers invited Field to the competition after being impressed with her recent rise in the sport.[2]
Field reached her first World Indoor Bowls ladies singles final in 2013, defeating Alison Merrien in a tie-break set[8] becoming the youngest ever winner of the event at 23.[4] The victory gained Field a wild card entry into the WBT International Open and direct qualification for the World Indoor Championships in 2014,[1] where she was beaten by 18-year-old Katherine Rednall in the final.[9]
Field was twice runner-up in the 2016 World Indoor Bowls Championship and 2018 World Indoor Bowls Championship losing to Ellen Falkner and Katherine Rednall respectively.[10][11]
Outdoors
Field won her first outdoor titles, winning the ladies two-wood singles and junior pairs events at the National Championships in 2014.[12][13] She first competed for the England senior ladies team at outdoor level in 2015, when she was named in the squad for BWIBC International Series.[14] Also at outdoor level in 2015, Field was selected to represent England at the European Team Championships and Atlantic Rim Games.[15] She won gold in the ladies pairs, mixed fours and team events at the European Team Championships.[16]
In 2018, she finished runner-up to Amy Gowshall in the National Two Wood Singles.[17] Five years later, she won another national title at the 2023 Bowls England National Finals, partnering her husband Wayne in the mixed pairs.[18]
Titles and finals
Legend |
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'World' Championships |
European Championships |
British Championships |
English Championships |
County Championships |
Other |
Year | Org | Competition | Level | Event | Ref | ||
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2016 | Outdoor | BE | Bowls England National Championships | Senior | Ladies Fours | Runner-up | [19] |
NBA | NBA Women's County Finals | Senior | Ladies 4-Wood Singles | Won | [20][21] | ||
Senior | Ladies Triples | Won | [20][21] | ||||
Senior | Ladies Rinks | Won | [20][21] | ||||
BIWBC | BIWBC International Series | Senior | Ladies Team | Won | [22] | ||
Indoor | BIWIBC | BIWIBC International Series | Senior | Ladies Team | [23] | ||
EWIBA | EIBA / EWIBA National Championships | Senior | Vivienne Trophy | Won | [24] | ||
Senior | Egham Trophy | Won | [25] | ||||
Senior | Atherley Trophy | Won | [26] | ||||
PBA | World Indoor Bowls Championships | Senior | Ladies Singles | Runner-up | [27] | ||
2015 | Outdoor | EBU | European Bowls Championships | Senior | Ladies Pairs | Won | [28] |
Senior | Mixed Fours | Won | [28] | ||||
Senior | Combined Team | Won | [28] | ||||
BIWBC | BIWBC International Series | Senior | Ladies Team | Won | [14][29] | ||
Indoor | BIWIBC | BIWIBC International Series | Senior | Ladies Team | Won | [30][31] | |
BIWIBC | BIIBC / BIWIBC Championships | Senior | Ladies Triples | Won | [32][33][34] | ||
Combined Team1 | Won | [35] | |||||
EWIBA | EIBA / EWIBA National Championships | Senior | Ladies Champion of Champions | Won | [36][37] | ||
2014 | Outdoor | BE | Bowls England National Championships | Senior | Ladies 2-Wood Singles | Won | [38] |
Junior | Ladies Pairs | Won | [39] | ||||
Indoor | BIWIBC | BIWIBC International Series | Senior | Ladies Team | Won | [40][41] | |
BIWIBC | BIWIBC Under-25 International Series | Jnr / U25 | Ladies Team | Won | [42][43] | ||
EWIBA | EIBA / EWIBA National Championships | Senior | Ladies Triples | Won | [44][45] | ||
Mixed Fours | Runner-up | [45][46] | |||||
PBA | World Indoor Bowls Championships | Senior | Ladies Singles | Runner-up | [9][47] | ||
2013 | Outdoor | BIWBC | BIWBC Under-25 International Series | Jnr / U25 | Ladies Team | Won | [48][49] |
Indoor | BIWIBC | BIWIBC International Series | Senior | Ladies Team | Won | [50][51] | |
BIWIBC | BIWIBC Under-25 International Series | Jnr / U25 | Ladies Team | Won | [52][53] | ||
BIWIBC | BIIBC / BIWIBC Championships | Senior | Ladies Singles | Won | [32][54][55] | ||
Combined Team1 | Won | [35] | |||||
EWIBA | EIBA / EWIBA National Championships | Senior | Ladies Fours | Runner-up | [56][57] | ||
Mixed Fours | Won | [46][57] | |||||
PBA | World Indoor Bowls Championships | Senior | Ladies Singles | Won | [58][8][59] | ||
2012 | Indoor | NCWIBA | NCIBA / NCWIBA County Championships | Senior | Ladies Singles | Won | [60] |
BIWIBC | BIWIBC International Series | Senior | Ladies Team | Won | [61][62] | ||
BIWIBC | BIWIBC Under-25 International Series | Jnr / U25 | Ladies Team | Won | [63][64] | ||
WIBC | WIBC Under-25 Championships | U25 | Ladies Singles | Runner-up | [65] | ||
EWIBA | EIBA / EWIBA National Championships | Senior | Ladies Singles | Won | [66][67] | ||
2011 | Outdoor | NBA | NBA Women's County Finals | U25 | Ladies Singles | Runner-up | [68] |
Indoor | BIWIBC | BIWIBC International Series | Senior | Ladies Team | Won | [7][69] | |
BIWIBC | BIWIBC Under-25 International Series | Jnr / U25 | Ladies Team | Won | [70][71] | ||
BIWIBC | BIIBC / BIWIBC Championships | Jnr / U25 | Ladies Singles | Won | [32][72][73] | ||
EWIBA | EIBA / EWIBA National Championships | U25 | Ladies Singles | Won | [74][75] | ||
2010 | Indoor | BIWIBC | BIWIBC Under-25 International Series | Jnr / U25 | Ladies Team | Won | [76][77] |
BIWIBC | BIIBC / BIWIBC Championships | Senior | Ladies Pairs | Won | [32][78][79] | ||
2009 | Indoor | BIWIBC | BIIBC / BIWIBC Championships | Jnr / U25 | Ladies Singles | Won | [32][80][81] |
EWIBA | EIBA / EWIBA National Championships | Senior | Ladies Pairs | Runner-up | [82][83] | ||
U25 | Ladies Singles | Won | [74][84] |
1The Gedling Trophy is awarded to the best overall performing nation.
Awards
- Norwich Sportsperson of the Year (2013)[85]
Personal life
Her husband is England international Wayne Willgress.[86]
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