Joan Ricketts
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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn and indoor bowls | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Bailey Park BC, Abergavenny | ||||||||||||||
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Joan Ricketts is a former Welsh international lawn bowler.[1]
Biography
Ricketts represented the Welsh team[2] at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland[3] and was part of the fours team, with Linda Parker, Linda Evans and Rita Jones that won the gold medal.[4][5]
Ricketts was twice champion of Wales at the Welsh National Bowls Championships, winning the triples in 1983 and the pairs in 1984, both while a member of the Bailey Park Bowls Club in Abergavenny.[6][7]
References
- ^ "Joan Ricketts profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ "Edinburg ahoy!". South Wales Daily Post. 20 June 1986. p. 55. Retrieved 4 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Wales Edinburgh 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
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- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 47–252. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ "WBA Handbook" (PDF). Welsh Bowls.