Gloria Thomas

Gloria Thomas

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	1943 Helston, England
Sport
Sport	Lawn bowls
Club	West Cornwall
Medal record Representing  England World Outdoor Championships 1981 Toronto fours 1981 Toronto pairs 1981 Toronto team British Isles Championships 1979 pairs

Gloria Thomas is a former international lawn and indoor bowls competitor for England.[1]

Bowls career

In the 1960s, Thomas set up a ladies' section for her local bowling club in Helston.[2] Thomas won the National Championships pairs title in 1978[3] with Anne Pascoe.[4]

In 1980, she took part in the world championship qualifier at the Whitnash Bowls Club for the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Canada.[5] After qualifying for the 1981 championships she won two gold medals in the fours with Eileen Fletcher, Mavis Steele, Betty Stubbings and Irene Molyneux and the team event (Taylor Trophy) and the bronze medal in the pairs at the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Toronto.[6] In 2003, she competed in the National Express EBWA triples championship.[7]

References

1. Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
2. "Helston Bowling Club's ladies celebrate 50 years". 7 September 2016.
3. "Cornish Aces Storm to Bowls Success". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 17 August 1978. Retrieved 21 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. ""Bowls." Times [London, England] 17 Aug. 1978". The Times.
5. "Top bowlers at ladies' championship". Banbury Guardian. 19 June 1980. Retrieved 23 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
7. "Sports Round-up". The Telegraph. 13 August 2003.