Janet Ackland

{{Short description|Welsh bowls player (1938–2019)}}

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Janet Ackland (1938–2019) was a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler.{{cite web|url=https://bowlstawa.nz/titles/players/titles/2554|title=Profile|publisher=Bowls TAWA}}

Bowls career

=World Championships=

Ackland won two bronze medals and a silver medal at the 1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship; the silver medals came in the pairs with Lilian Nicholas and the fours with Joan Osborne, Enid Morgan and Margaret Pomeroy, the silver medal was in the team event (Taylor Trophy).{{cite book|last=Newby|first=Donald|title=Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88|year=1987|publisher=Telegraph Publications|isbn=0-86367-220-5}}

Eleven years later the pinnacle of her long career came when she took the singles gold medal at the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Auckland.

=Commonwealth Games=

Ackland competed at four successive Commonwealth Games and in the 1994 Commonwealth Games she won a bronze in the pairs with Ann Dainton.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NezwBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA207|title=The complete book of the Commonwealth Games|year=2013|isbn=9781291576382|page=207}}

=National=

Ackland began bowling in 1959 and won her first title at Llandrindod Wells in 1969 and was the 1980 and 1987 Welsh National Bowls Championships singles champion. She has been a member of the Welsh International bowling team since 1973, winning 100 indoor and outdoor caps. She was also the captain of her country's team.{{cite web|url=https://www.welshbowls.co.uk/WBAHandbookFinalProof.pdf|title=WBA Handbook|publisher=Welsh Bowls}}

=Awards=

Ackland is a member of the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame.{{cite web|url=https://welsh-sports-hall-of-fame.wales/az/janet-ackland/|title=Janet Ackland Bowls - 1996|publisher=Welsh Sports Hall of Fame|access-date=10 May 2021}}

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