Jean Valls

Jean Valls
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Sport
ClubRaynes Park & Surrey
Medal record
Representing  England
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Melbourne pairs
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Melbourne fours
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Edinburgh pairs
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 1984 singles
Gold medal – first place 1984 pairs

Jean Valls is a former England international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

Bowls career

Valls won two bronze medals in the pairs and fours at the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne in addition to winning a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games[2]

She also won three National Titles; (singles 1983),[3] (pairs 1982[4] & 1983).[5] She subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1984.[6][7] Valls was runner-up in the fours in 1976.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  2. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  3. ^ "Bowls". Western Daily Press. 12 August 1983. Retrieved 18 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Allan, G. (1982) 'Bowls'". The Times. 16 August 1982. p. 15. Retrieved 25 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  5. ^ "'A notable double'". The Times. 15 August 1983. p. 20. Retrieved 25 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  6. ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
  7. ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
  8. ^ "Ilminster go out". Western Daily Press. 11 August 1976. Retrieved 27 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.