Edna Bessell

Edna Bessell

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	Q3, 1946 (age 78–79)[1] Gloucestershire
Sport
Club	Yeovil BC
Medal record Representing  England World Outdoor Championships 1992 Ayr Triples 1992 Ayr Fours Atlantic Bowls Championships 1993 Florida triples 1993 Florida fours 2005 Bangor fours 2005 Bangor pairs 2009 Johannesburg pairs

Edna Ida May Bessell MBE (née Tovey), born 1946, is a former international lawn bowler from England.[2]

Bowls career

She won a bronze medal in the Triples with Barbara Till, Norma Shaw and Babs Barlow at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. Barlow was the English president had stepped in to replace the injured Norma Shaw.[3] She also won a second bronze in the fours with Jean Baker, Till and Mary Price.[4]

In 1993 she won the triples silver medal and fours bronze medal at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships.[5][6]

In 2005 she won the fours gold medal and pairs bronze medal at the Atlantic Championships[7] and in 2009 she won the pairs silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[8][9]

Bessell also won four national singles titles representing Somerset. She later became team manager for England's women and was appointed MBE.[10][11]

References

1. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
2. Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
3. Jones, David Rhys (8 June 1992). "Jones, David Rhys. "Shaw's absence is one in the eye for England."Times, 8 June 1992, p. 26". The Times. Times Digital Archives. p. 26.
4. "World Bowls Medals". Bowls Tawa.
5. "'Shaw strikes gold'". The Times. 25 October 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
6. "'Guernsey finally falter". The Times. 1 November 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
7. "2005 Atlantic Rim Games". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 11 January 2006. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
8. "2009 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 14 March 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
9. "Bowls". The Times. 18 May 2009. p. 61. Retrieved 21 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
10. "England women's international manager announces retirement". Bowls International.
11. "Edna left to sweat it out". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 10 August 1991. Retrieved 27 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.