Marlene Castle
{{short description|New Zealand lawn bowls competitor (born 1944)}}
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{{MedalCompetition|World Outdoor Championships}}
{{MedalBronze | 2004 Leamington Spa | triples }}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalSilver| 1990 Auckland| fours}}
{{MedalBronze| 1994 Victoria| fours}}
{{MedalBronze| 2002 Manchester| singles}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Indoor Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2000 Yarmouth| singles}}
{{MedalCompetition | Asia Pacific Bowls Championships }}
{{MedalSilver|1989 Suva|triples}}
{{MedalGold|1989 Suva|fours}}
{{MedalSilver|1991 Kowloon|fours}}
{{MedalSilver|1993 Victoria|singles}}
{{MedalGold|1995 Dunedin|triples}}
{{MedalGold|1995 Dunedin|fours}}
{{MedalSilver|1997 Warilla|triples}}
{{MedalSilver|1997 Warilla|fours}}
{{MedalGold|1999 Kuala Lumpur|singles}}
{{MedalGold|2001 Melbourne|singles}}
{{MedalSilver|2001 Melbourne|triples}}
{{MedalSilver|2003 Brisbane|singles}}
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Marlene Robyn Castle (born 13 March 1944) is a lawn and indoor bowls international for New Zealand.{{cite web|url=http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ath=3395|title=Athlete Profile|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}
Bowls career
The veteran of four Commonwealth Games won her first medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, earning a silver in the women's fours. Again as part of the women's fours team she won a bronze medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. Her last Commonwealth medal was at the 2002 Commonwealth Games where she won a bronze in the women's singles.[http://www.commonwealthgames.org.nz/Athletes/AthleteProfile.aspx?Print=&ContactID=118&id=1 Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website]
Castle has won twelve medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including five gold medals.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowls.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ASIA-PACIFIC-RECORD.pdf|title=Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners|website=World Bowls|access-date=31 May 2021}}
Castle won the 2001 pairs title and the 1999 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Orewa Bowls Club.{{cite web|url=https://bowlstawa.nz/titles/orgs/titles/2/w|title=New Zealand Championships|publisher=Bowls Tawa}}
Awards
In 1990, Castle was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Alister |last2=Coddington |first2=Deborah |authorlink1=Alister Taylor |authorlink2=Deborah Coddington |title=Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand |year=1994 |publisher=New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa |location=Auckland |isbn=0-908578-34-2 |page=93}} In 2013, she was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame.{{cite web |url=http://www.bowlsnz.co.nz/Category?Action=View&Category_id=2178 |title=Bowls legends honoured at inaugural Hall of Fame celebration |year=2013 |publisher=Bowls New Zealand |accessdate=5 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822153835/http://www.bowlsnz.co.nz/Category?Action=View&Category_id=2178 |archivedate=22 August 2016 }}
Personal life
Her husband is Bruce Castle, a former New Zealand Kiwis captain, and her daughter Raelene Castle is a sports administrator. Raelene has previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of Netball New Zealand and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs,[http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/castle-confirmed-as-new-bulldogs-chief-20130528-2n9lj.html Castle confirmed as new Bulldogs chief] smh.com.au, 29 May 2013 and became the CEO of Rugby Australia in December 2017.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/dec/12/raelene-castle-set-to-be-first-female-chief-executive-of-rugby-australia |title=Raelene Castle becomes first female chief executive of Rugby Australia |agency=Australian Associated Press |website=TheGuardian.com |date=12 December 2017 |accessdate=17 December 2017}}
References
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{{1990 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
{{1994 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
{{1998 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
{{2002 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
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Category:New Zealand female bowls players
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
Category:Bowls players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Category:Bowls players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Category:Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Category:Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
Category:Indoor Bowls World Champions
Category:Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games