Gloria Thomas
{{For|the Grenadian politician|Gloria Ann Thomas}}{{Short description|British lawn bowler}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
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| name = Gloria Thomas
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| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = 1943
| birth_place = Helston, England
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| sport = Lawn bowls
| club = West Cornwall
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{{MedalCompetition|World Outdoor Championships}}
{{MedalGold| 1981 Toronto|fours}}
{{MedalBronze| 1981 Toronto|pairs}}
{{MedalGold| 1981 Toronto|team}}
{{MedalCompetition|British Isles Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1979|pairs}}
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Gloria Thomas is a former international lawn and indoor bowls competitor for England.{{cite book|last=Newby|first=Donald|title=Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91|year=1990|publisher=Telegraph Publications|isbn=0-330-31664-8}}
Bowls career
In the 1960s, Thomas set up a ladies' section for her local bowling club in Helston.{{Cite web|url=https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/14727268.helston-bowling-clubs-ladies-celebrate-50-years/|title = Helston Bowling Club's ladies celebrate 50 years| date=7 September 2016 }} Thomas won the National Championships pairs title in 1978{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19780817/058/0005 |title=Cornish Aces Storm to Bowls Success |work=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=17 August 1978 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=21 August 2023}} with Anne Pascoe.{{cite web|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS134972177&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|title="Bowls." Times [London, England] 17 Aug. 1978|work=The Times}}
In 1980, she took part in the world championship qualifier at the Whitnash Bowls Club for the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Canada.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001523/19800619/568/0038 |title=Top bowlers at ladies' championship |work=Banbury Guardian |date=19 June 1980 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=23 August 2024}} After qualifying for the 1981 championships she won two gold medals in the fours with Eileen Fletcher, Mavis Steele, Betty Stubbings and Irene Molyneux and the team event (Taylor Trophy) and the bronze medal in the pairs at the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Toronto.{{cite web|url=https://bowlstawa.nz/titles/players/titles/2719|title=Profile|publisher=Bowls Tawa}} In 2003, she competed in the National Express EBWA triples championship.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/2409459/Sports-Round-up.html|title = Sports Round-up |website=The Telegraph|date = 13 August 2003 }}
References
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Category:English female bowls players
Category:Bowls World Champions
Category:20th-century English sportswomen
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