Marlene Castle

Marlene Robyn Castle (born 13 March 1944) is a lawn and indoor bowls international for New Zealand.[1]

Marlene Castle
Personal information
Born (1944-03-13) 13 March 1944
Auckland, New Zealand
Spouse(s)Kevin Hickland
RelativesRaelene Castle (daughter)
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubOrewa BC
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
World Outdoor Championships
2004 Leamington Spa triples
Commonwealth Games
1990 Aucklandfours
1994 Victoriafours
2002 Manchestersingles
World Indoor Championships
2000 Yarmouthsingles

Bowls career

The veteran of four Commonwealth Games won her first medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, earning a silver in the women's fours. Again as part of the women's fours team she won a bronze medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. Her last Commonwealth medal was at the 2002 Commonwealth Games where she won a bronze in the women's singles.[2]

Castle won the 2001 pairs title and the 1999 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Orewa Bowls Club.[3]

Awards

In 1990, Castle was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[4] In 2013, she was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame.[5]

Personal life

Her husband is Bruce Castle, a former New Zealand Kiwis captain, and her daughter Raelene Castle is a sports administrator. Raelene has previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of Netball New Zealand and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs,[6] and became the CEO of Rugby Australia in December 2017.[7]

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References
  1. "Athlete Profile". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website
  3. "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
  4. Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 93. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
  5. "Bowls legends honoured at inaugural Hall of Fame celebration". Bowls New Zealand. 2013. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  6. Castle confirmed as new Bulldogs chief smh.com.au, 29 May 2013
  7. "Raelene Castle becomes first female chief executive of Rugby Australia". TheGuardian.com. Australian Associated Press. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
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