Janice Gower
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Janice Gower is a female international indoor bowls player from England.
Bowls career
Gower played in the Professional Bowls Association and World Bowls Tour and was the first English female to qualify for the last 32 of the Open World Indoor Singles.{{cite web|url=https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport/gower-gets-set-to-make-history-1-8302983|title=Gower gets set to make history|work=The Gazette}}
She made her indoor international debut in 2008 and was part of the squad for ten years.{{cite web|url=http://www.cwherald.com/a/archive/the-new-bowls-co-ordinator-at-penrith-leisure-centre-is-janice-gower.433338.html|title=The new bowls co-ordinator at Penrith Leisure Centre is Janice Gower|work=Cumberland and Westmoreland Herald}} She has won the English national Singles title in 2018 and won the English National Pairs in 2015.{{cn|date=October 2022}}
In 2020, she reached the final of the women's singles at the 2020 World Indoor Bowls Championship losing out to Julie Forrest.{{cite web|url=https://worldbowlstour.tv/forrest-is-the-just-2020-ladies-matchplay-world-champion/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125105719/https://worldbowlstour.tv/forrest-is-the-just-2020-ladies-matchplay-world-champion/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 25, 2020|title=FORREST IS THE ‘JUST’ 2020 LADIES MATCHPLAY WORLD CHAMPION|publisher=World Bowls Tour}}
Other work
Gower worked as the lead commentator for the World Bowls Tour live streaming and is a sports presenter, including working for the BBC, Sky, ITV and Eurosport.{{cite web|url=https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/sport/more-sport/galgate-s-gower-targets-dream-final-on-return-to-world-championships-1-7658956|title=Galgate’s Gower targets 'dream' final on return to World Championships|work=Lancaster Guardian}}
She now works freelance for the sport in a journalist capacity as well as presenting and commentating for events.{{cn|date=October 2022}} She is also a competition manager for special Olympics indoor bowls and also heads up a management team, as event manager and competition manager, who organise events for Learning Disabilities athletes.{{cn|date=October 2022}}
Awards
She won the 'Services to Bowls' award at the World Bowls Tour Awards held during January 2019 for her work and commitment with disabled and mentally impaired bowlers.{{cite web|url=https://worldbowlstour.tv/wbt-gala-awards-night/|title=2019 awards|publisher=World Bowls Tour}}