Jean Valls

Jean Valls
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Sport
ClubRaynes Park & Surrey
Medal record
Representing  England
World Outdoor Championships
1985 Melbourne pairs
1985 Melbourne fours
1985 Melbourne team
Commonwealth Games
1986 Edinburgh pairs
British Isles Championships
1984 singles
1984 pairs

Jean Valls is a former England international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

Bowls career

Valls won two bronze medals in the pairs and fours at the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne in addition to winning a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games[2]

She also won three National Titles; (singles 1983),[3] (pairs 1982[4] & 1983).[5] She subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1984.[6][7] Valls was runner-up in the fours in 1976.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  2. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  3. ^ "Bowls". Western Daily Press. 12 August 1983. Retrieved 18 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Allan, G. (1982) 'Bowls'". The Times. 16 August 1982. p. 15. Retrieved 25 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  5. ^ "'A notable double'". The Times. 15 August 1983. p. 20. Retrieved 25 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  6. ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
  7. ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
  8. ^ "Ilminster go out". Western Daily Press. 11 August 1976. Retrieved 27 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.