Patricia Smith (bowls)

Patricia Josephine Smith (1920–2017) was an Australian international lawn bowler.^[1]

Pat Smith

Personal information
Born	1920 Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia
Died	2017 (aged 96–97)
Sport
Club	Murwillumbah BC
Medal record Representing  Australia Commonwealth Games 1986 Edinburgh fours Asia Pacific Bowls Championships 1985 Tweed Heads triples 1985 Tweed Heads fours

Bowls career

Pat was part of the fours team that won a silver medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.^[2] She had previously competed at the 1982 Commonwealth Games.

She also won a gold medal and a silver medal, at the 1985 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in Tweed Heads, New South Wales^[3][4] and bowled for New South Wales from 1972-1987.

Awards

She was awarded the Australian Sports Medal in 2000 and the Member of the Order of Australia in 1989 for services to bowls.^[5]

References

1. "Pat Smith profile". Bowls tawa.
2. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
3. Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 90. Pan Books Ltd. pp. 70–71. ISBN 0-330-31364-9.
4. "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
5. "Pat embodied Games spirit". Tweed Daily News.