Jayne Roylance

{{short description|English lawn bowler}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1947|10|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = Fakenham, Norfolk, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|11|3|1947|10|8|df=yes}} {{cite web|url=https://en-gb.facebook.com/bowlsengland/posts/obituary-jayne-roylance-norfolk-bowls-england-regrets-to-inform-you-that-former-/2293433754060452/|title=Obituary|publisher=Bowls England}}

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| club = County Arts Bowls Club (Norwich)

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{{MedalCompetition|World Outdoor Championships}}

{{MedalSilver| 1988 Auckland|Triples}}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalBronze| 1990 Auckland|Pairs}}

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Jayne Elizabeth Roylance (née Ward) (8 October 1947– 3 November 2018) was a lawn bowls international for England.{{cite web|url=https://bowlstawa.nz/titles/players/titles/2558|title=Profile|publisher=Bowls tawa}}

Bowls career

Roylance won a silver medal in the women's triples with Norma Shaw and Barbara Fuller during the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Auckland.{{cite book|last=Newby|first=Donald|title=Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91|year=1990|publisher=Telegraph Publications|isbn=0-330-31664-8}}

Two years later she won a bronze medal in the pairs with Mary Price at the Commonwealth Games{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/48911|title=Athletes and Results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}} and four years later Roylance represented England in the fours event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/victoria-1994/athletes|title=1994 Athletes|website=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all|title=England team in 1994|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=15 October 2019|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507165937/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/48911|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}

In addition she has also won three National titles and one national competition representing Norfolk.{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/about-us/past-records|title=Past Records|publisher=Bowls England}} The fours in 1985,{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19850809/030/0030 |title=Outside Ena snatches title |work=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=9 August 1985 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2023}} the two wood singles in 1988{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003551/19880826/055/0055 |title=Loses in last four to international |work=Hinckley Times |date=26 August 1988 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=21 August 2023}} and the triples in 1989{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19890810/058/0058 |title=Rising star is easy winner |work=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=10 August 1989 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=21 August 2023}}

Family

Her brothers Chris Ward and David Ward were both international players.{{cite web|url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/jayne-roylance-dies-1-5770655|title=Norfolk's former England star Jayne Roylance dies at the age of 71|date=8 November 2018 |publisher=Eastern Daily Press}}

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