Phillis Nolan
Irish lawn bowler (1946–2022)
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Phillis Nolan (10 February 1946 – 16 March 2022) was an Irish lawn bowler.[2]
Blackrock BC (1978-)
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| Nationality | Irish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 February 1946 Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 March 2022 (aged 76)[1] Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Bray BC (1972-77) Blackrock BC (1978-) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bowls career
World Outdoor Championship
Nolan partnered Margaret Johnston in a very successful pairs team and they won three consecutive World Outdoor Bowls Championships gold medals.[3] The three world titles came at the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.
Atlantic Championships
In 1993, she won the pairs gold medal with Barbara Cameron at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships.[4][5] She went on to win three more medals at the Championships.
British Isles
She also won the British Isles Bowls Championships singles title three times in 1992, 1993 and 2005, a record only bettered by fellow Irish bowler Margaret Johnston[6]
At the Irish National Bowls Championships bowling for the Blackrock Bowls Club, she won the singles title six times (1989, 1991, 1992, 1997, 2004, 2007), the pairs in 1983, 1992, 1996, 2005[7] the triples in 1986 & 2014 and the fours in 1979, 1994, 1995 and 2000.[8]
Family
Her son John Nolan was the 1991 singles champion at the Irish National Bowls Championships.[9]