Connie Hicks
Connie Hicks (née Haigh), was an international lawn bowls competitor for Australia.[1]
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| Born | 16 May 1924 Kondinin, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 November 2011 (aged 87) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Royal Park Bowls Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bowls career
World Championships
Hicks won two silver medals and a bronze medal at the 1969 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Sydney.[2] The silver medals came in the team event (Taylor Trophy) and the triples with Norma Massey and Mary Ormsby. The bronze was in the fours event with Pam Hart, Jean Turnbull and Ormsby.[3]
Eight years later Hicks won the fours gold medal with Dot Jenkinson, Lorna Lucas and Merle Richardson, at the 1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing and the team event gold medal (the Taylor Trophy).[4]
State
She played for the Royal Park Bowls Club in North Perth and won 10 State titles. Connie married fellow lawn bowler Charlie Hicks in 1944.[5]
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References
- Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
- "WA Hall of Champions". WAIS.
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