Dowds won the bronze medal in the fours at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch, New Zealand.[2]
In 2007, she won the singles bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[3][4] and two years later won the pairs bronze medal at the 2009 Atlantic Bowls Championships.[5][6]
Dowd won the 2005 singles title at the Irish National Bowls Championships.[7]
Additionally, she won the 1995 and 1997 pairs titles and the 2012 fours title, at the Irish National Championships, bowling for the Ballymoney and Ballymena Bowls Clubs respectively.[8]
In 2016, Dowds won the finals in both the pairs and triples of the Provincial Towns Women's Bowling Association Championships.[9]
