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Rebecca Field (bowls)
Rebecca Field married name Rebecca Willgress is an English international lawn & indoor bowls player. Field was the 2013 World Indoor singles champion. Personal lifeField starting playing bowls at the age of eight,[5][6] in her local village hall in York,[2] giving the short mat game a go.[6] She was attracted to the sport following a big drive in the 1990s to get people playing indoor bowls in their communities.[2] Subsequent moves to Boston, Lincolnshire with her family and then to study at the University of East Anglia in Norwich only increased her appetite for the game.[2] Field has language degrees in French and Spanish and currently works for a Norwich-based marketing firm.[2] Field is a supporter of the Championship team Norwich City Football Club.[3] Bowls careerIndoorsField plays and competes for the Norfolk Bowling Club in Norwich.[7] She competed as a junior (U25) international player for several years[7] and won multiple titles. Amongst her accomplishments as a junior, is being a two-time English and British Isles indoor singles champion. Field first competed for the England senior ladies team at indoor level in 2011,[7] when she was named in the squad for the BIWIBC International Series.[8] Field competed at her first World Indoor Championships in 2012 in the ladies singles event.[2] Organisers invited Field to the competition after being impressed with her recent rise in the sport.[2] Field reached her first World Indoor Bowls ladies singles final in 2013, defeating Alison Merrien in a tie-break set[9] becoming the youngest ever winner of the event at 23.[5] The victory gained Field a wild card entry into the WBT International Open and direct qualification for the World Indoor Championships in 2014,[1] where she was beaten by 18-year-old Katherine Rednall in the final.[10] Field was twice runner-up in the 2016 World Indoor Bowls Championship and 2018 World Indoor Bowls Championship losing to Ellen Falkner and Katherine Rednall respectively.[11][12] OutdoorsField won her first outdoor titles, winning the ladies two-wood singles and junior pairs events at the National Championships in 2014.[13][14] She first competed for the England senior ladies team at outdoor level in 2015, when she was named in the squad for BWIBC International Series.[15] Also at outdoor level in 2015, Field was selected to represent England at the European Team Championships and Atlantic Rim Games.[16] She won gold in the ladies pairs, mixed fours and team events at the European Team Championships.[17] In 2018, she finished runner-up to Amy Gowshall in the National Two Wood Singles.[18] Five years later, she won another national title at the 2023 Bowls England National Finals, partnering her husband Wayne in the mixed pairs.[19] Titles and finals
1The Gedling Trophy is awarded to the best overall performing nation. Awards
Personal lifeHer husband is England international Wayne Willgress.[86] References
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