Brenda Atherton

Brenda Atherton

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	1934 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Sport
Sport	Bowls
Club	Forest Oaks, Nottingham
Medal record Representing  England World Outdoor Championships 1985 Melbourne fours Commonwealth Games 1986 Edinburgh fours 1994 Victoria pairs

Brenda Atherton (born 1934) is a former England international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

Bowls career

Atherton won a bronze medal in the fours at the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne. She won two bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games;[2] she was selected for England in the fours, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland[3] and represented England in the pairs event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.[4][5][6]

She also won three National Titles ranging from 1972 until 2010. They were the Two wood singles in 1972[7] and 2001[8] and the fours in 2010.[9][10]

References

1. "Profile". Bowls Tawa. Archived from the original on 31 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
2. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
3. "1986 Athletes". Team England.
4. "1994 Athletes". Team England.
5. "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
6. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
7. "Taunton move consistently into semi-finals". The Times. 19 August 1972. p. 5. Retrieved 18 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
8. "Jones, D.R. (2000) Jones, D.R. (2001) Atherton draws on experience". The Times. 11 August 2001. p. 37. Retrieved 21 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
9. "Bowls: Atherton turns back the clock". The Telegraph. 10 August 2001.
10. "Brenda Atherton rolls back years to win national title". The Times.