Rhoda Ryan

Rhoda Constance Ryan (née Hawke; 4 January 1925 – 22 April 2002) was an international lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.[1]

Rhoda Ryan
Personal information
Birth nameRhoda Constance Hawke
Born(1925-01-04)4 January 1925
Died22 April 2002(2002-04-22) (aged 77)
Matamata, New Zealand
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportLawn bowls
ClubStratford BC
Matamata Bowling Club
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Melbournesingles
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1990 Aucklandpairs
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place1985 Tweed Headspairs
Silver medal – second place1985 Tweed Headssingles

Bowls career

Ryan won the singles bronze medal at the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne, Australia. In 1990 she represented New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games and won a silver medal in the fours with Adrienne Lambert, Lyn McLean and Marlene Castle.[2]

She won two medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including a gold medal in the 1985 pairs at Tweed Heads, New South Wales.[3]

Ryan won the 1980 singles, the 1973 & 1988 pairs and the 1981, 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1994 fours titles at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling mainly for the Matamata Bowls Club [4] and over 50 club titles.[5]

The eight times National Champion died in April 2002.[6]

References
  1. Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  2. "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  3. "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  4. "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
  5. World Bowls Committee (1985). 5th Women's World Bowls Souvenir Programme, page 32. World Bowls Committee.
  6. "Bowls: Final roll-up for a bowls champion". New Zealand Herald.
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