Irene Molyneux
{{Short description|English lawn bowls player (1923–2019)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
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| name = Irene Molyneux
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| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = Q4 1922
| birth_place = Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
| death_date = 27 June 2019 (aged 96) {{cite web|url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/17748973.obituary-oxfordshire-bowls-star-irene-molyneux-abingdon/|title=OBITUARY: Oxfordshire bowls star, Irene Molyneux, from Abingdon|publisher=Oxford Mail}}
| death_place = Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
| sport = Lawn bowls
| club = Oxford City and County BC
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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|1977|pairs}}
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Emily Irene Molyneux (née Drew) (1922-2019) was an international lawn 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 1981 Molyneux won double gold in the fours with Eileen Fletcher, Mavis Steele, Betty Stubbings and Gloria Thomas and the team event (Taylor Trophy) and a bronze medal in the pairs at the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Toronto.{{cite web|url=https://bowlstawa.nz/titles/players/titles/3430|title=Profile|publisher=Bowls Tawa}}
Molyneaux won seven National Championships titles; 1976 (pairs), 1979 (two wood singles), 1974,{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19740816/230/0010 |title=Midland teams soon eliminated |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=16 August 1974 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=17 August 2023}} 1979,{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19790816/498/0021 |title=Irene bowls in for double |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=16 August 1979 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=17 August 2023}} 1991, 1996 (triples){{cite news |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0502176852/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=bookmark-GDCS&xid=5d035b50 |title='For the Record' |date=5 September 1996 |newspaper=The Times |access-date=24 Aug 2023 |page=37 |via=The Times Digital Archive|url-access=subscription }} and fours (1986). She also won the British Isles Bowls Championships pairs title in 1977 with Margaret Lockwood.{{cite book|last=Sullivan|first=Patrick|title=Guinness Bowls Records|year=1986|publisher=Guinness Superlatives Ltd|isbn=0-85112-414-3}}
Her husband Jim was President of the Oxford City and County Bowls Club in 1976.{{cite web|url=https://www.oxfordbowls.co.uk/index.php/club-honours|title=Club Honours|publisher=Oxford City & County BC}}
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Category:English female bowls players