Mary Ormsby (bowls)

Mary Ormsby (1927-2019) was an international lawn bowls competitor for Australia.[1]

Mary Ormsby

Personal information
Nationality	Australia
Born	1927
Died	2019
Sport
Sport	Lawn bowls
Medal record Representing  Australia World Outdoor Championships 1969 Sydney triples 1969 Sydney fours 1969 Sydney team

Bowls career

She won a silver medal in the triples with Norma Massey and Connie Hicks and the bronze medal with Pam Hart, Hicks and Jean Turnbull at the 1969 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Sydney.[2] She also won a silver medal in the team event (Taylor Trophy) in 1969.[3]

She is the only person to have won all three Australian National Bowls Championships – the singles in 1969, the pairs (with Erica Murada) and the fours.[4]

Ormsby was a winner of the women's South Australian state singles title in 1961-62 and played 167 times for the state.[5]

Ormsby died in 2019.[6]

Awards

In 1985 she was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to the sport.[4]

References

1. "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
2. Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
3. Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
4. "HALL OF FAME". Bowls South Australia.
5. "West Lakes lawn bowler Kate Smith makes the history books". The Advertiser.
6. "Vale: Mary Ormsby OAM". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 27 July 2019.