Mavis Steele
Mavis Mary Steele MBE (1928-1998) was an England international lawn bowler.[1]
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| Nationality | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 September 1928 Kenton, Middlesex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1998 Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sunbury Sports Club BC Egham IBC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life edit
Mavis was born in Kenton, Middlesex on 9 September 1928. She was a data preparation manager by trade.[2]
Bowls career edit
In 1973 she secured a double silver at the 1973 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Wellington, New Zealand in the singles and the pairs with Phyllis Derrick. Eight years later she her finest moment came when claiming double gold in the fours with Eileen Fletcher, Betty Stubbings, Gloria Thomas and Irene Molyneux and the team event (Taylor Trophy), during the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Toronto.[3]
Mavis was twice selected to represent England at the Commonwealth Games; the first in 1982 in Brisbane where she won a bronze medal in the triples with Norma Shaw and Betty Stubbings and the second in 1990.[4][5]
She won eight outdoor National titles; the singles in 1961, 1962 and 1969, the pairs in 1964 & 1971, the triples in 1968 and the fours in 1963 & 1969. She played for Sunbury Sports Club outdoors and the Egham club indoors.[2]
Awards edit
Steele was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1983 New Year Honours for services to women's bowls.[6]
References edit
- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ a b Ken Hawkes; Gerard Lindley (1974). Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
- ^ UK & Commonwealth list: "No. 49212". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1982. p. 16.