Jennifer Dowds
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| Nationality | Northern Irish | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 July 1959 Ballymoney, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ballymena BC | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jennifer Dowds (born 7 July 1959) is a Northern Irish international lawn bowler.[1]
Bowls career
International
Dowds won the bronze medal in the fours at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch, New Zealand.[2]
In 2007, she won the singles bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[3][4] and two years later won the pairs bronze medal at the 2009 Atlantic Bowls Championships.[5][6]
National
Dowd won the 2005 singles title at the Irish National Bowls Championships.[7]
Additionally, she won the 1995 and 1997 pairs titles and the 2012 fours title, at the Irish National Championships, bowling for the Ballymoney and Ballymena Bowls Clubs respectively.[8]
In 2016, Dowds won the finals in both the pairs and triples of the Provincial Towns Women's Bowling Association Championships.[9]
References
- ^ "Jennifer Dowds biography". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Medallists". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ "2007 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Bowls". The Times. 18 July 2007. p. 61. Retrieved 20 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "2009 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 14 March 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ "Bowls". The Times. 18 May 2009. p. 61. Retrieved 21 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Ladies Bowls". Ireland's Saturday Night. 3 September 2005. Retrieved 3 September 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Irish Women's Bowling Association National Championships". Irish Women's Bowling Association.
- ^ "Ballymena ladies impress at Provincial Towns Women's Bowling Association championships". Northern Ireland World. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2025.