Dorothy Roche

Dorothy Edna Roche (born 1928), is a former international lawn bowls competitor for Australia.[1]

Dorothy Roche

Personal information
Nationality	Australia
Born	1928
Sport
Club	Merrylands Bowling Club
Medal record Representing  Australia World Outdoor Championships 1985 Melbourne triples 1985 Melbourne fours 1988 Auckland triples 1988 Auckland fours Commonwealth Games 1990 Auckland fours

She won the triples gold medal and fours silver medal at the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne, Australia. Three years later she won double gold after winning both the triples and fours at the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Auckland.[2]

Roche became Australia's oldest Commonwealth Games gold medal winner when she won the women's fours at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, in Auckland, at the age of 61 years and 10 months.

Roche was awarded the Order of Australia for services to bowls in 1990.[3]

References

1. Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
2. "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
3. "Biographies". Trove.