Phillis Nolan

Phillis Nolan (10 February 1946 – 16 March 2022) was an Irish lawn bowler.[2]

Phillis Nolan
Personal information
NationalityIrish
Born(1946-02-10)10 February 1946
Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
Died16 March 2022(2022-03-16) (aged 76)[1]
Dublin, Ireland
Sport
ClubBlackrock BC
Medal record
Representing combined Ireland
World Outdoor Bowls Championships
1988 Aucklandpairs
1992 Ayrpairs
1996 Leamington Spapairs
Atlantic Bowls Championships
1993 Floridapairs
1995 Durbansingles
1995 Durbanpairs
1997 Llandrindod Wellspairs
British Isles Championships
1992singles
1993singles
2005singles
1995pairs
1996pairs

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] and won the 2014 triples title at the Irish National Bowls Championships bowling for the Blackrock Bowls Club.[7]

Family

Her son John Nolan was the 1991 singles champion at the Irish National Bowls Championships.[8]

References
  1. "Phillis Nolan – A proud record". Irish Lawn Bowls. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  2. Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  3. "Bowling for Gold". Culture Northern Ireland.
  4. "'Shaw strikes gold'". The Times. 25 October 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  5. "'Guernsey finally falter". The Times. 1 November 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  6. "Bowls: Phillis Nolan eyes British record win". The Telegraph.
  7. "Irish Women's Bowling Association National Championships". Irish Women's Bowling Association.
  8. "bad day for Scots in Larne". Dundee Courier. 20 June 1992. p. 17. Retrieved 9 April 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
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