Adrienne Lambert

Adrienne Marie Lambert (née Parker; born 1938 or 1939) is a former international lawn bowler from New Zealand.^[2]

Adrienne Lambert

Personal information
Birth name	Adrienne Marie Parker
Born	1938 or 1939 (age 84–85)^[1]
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Lawn bowls
Club	Matamata Bowling CLub
Medal record Representing  New Zealand World Outdoor Championships 1992 Ayr triples 1992 Ayr fours Commonwealth Games 1990 Auckland fours 1994 Victoria fours Asia Pacific Bowls Championships 1989 Suva triples 1989 Suva fours 1991 Kowloon fours 1993 Victoria triples 1993 Victoria fours

Bowls career

Lambert won a gold and silver medals at the 1989 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, in Suva, Fiji. She went on to win three more medals at further Championships.^[3]

The following year she won a silver medal in the women's fours with Lyn McLean, Marlene Castle and Rhoda Ryan at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland.^[4][5]

Four years later she won a bronze medal in the women's fours with Ann Muir, Colleen Ferrick and Marlene Castle at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia.^[6]

In between the Games, Lambert won double silver in the triples and fours at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Ayr.

In addition Lambert has won the 1988 pairs title and the 1981, 1989, 1990 and 1991 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Matamata Bowls Club.^[7]

She was the manager of the New Zealand women's team from 1996 until 2000.^[1]

References

1. "Adrienne Lambert: One for all and all for one". Bowls New Zealand. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
2. Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
3. "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
4. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
5. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
6. "Medals". Bowls Tawa.
7. "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.