Connie Hicks

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Connie Hicks
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born(1924-05-16)16 May 1924
Kondinin, Western Australia
Died2 November 2011(2011-11-02) (aged 87)
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubRoyal Park Bowls Club
Medal record
Representing  Australia
World Outdoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 1969 Sydney triples
Bronze medal – third place 1969 Sydney fours
Silver medal – second place 1969 Sydney team
Gold medal – first place 1977 Worthing fours
Gold medal – first place 1977 Worthing team

Connie Hicks (née Haigh) was an international lawn bowls competitor for Australia.[1]

Bowls career[edit]

World Championships[edit]

Hicks won two silver medals and a bronze medal at the 1969 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Sydney.[2] The silver medals came in the team event (Taylor Trophy) and the triples with Norma Massey and Mary Ormsby. The bronze was in the fours event with Pam Hart, Jean Turnbull and Ormsby.[3]

Eight years later Hicks won the fours gold medal with Dot Jenkinson, Lorna Lucas and Merle Richardson, at the 1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing and the team event gold medal (the Taylor Trophy).[4]

State[edit]

She played for the Royal Park Bowls Club in North Perth and won 10 State titles. Connie married fellow lawn bowler Charlie Hicks in 1944.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  2. ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  3. ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  4. ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
  5. ^ "WA Hall of Champions". WAIS.