Phillis Nolan
{{Short description|Irish lawn bowler (1946–2022)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
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| name = Phillis Nolan
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| nationality = Irish
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1946|2|10}}
| birth_place = Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
| death_date = {{Death date and age |df=yes|2022|3|16|1946|2|10}}{{cite web|url=https://irishlawnbowls.ie/2022/04/01/phillis-nolan-a-proud-record/|title=Phillis Nolan – A proud record|publisher=Irish Lawn Bowls|access-date=10 April 2022}}
| death_place = Dublin, Ireland
| club = Bray BC (1972-77)
Blackrock BC (1978-)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry|25px combined Ireland}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Outdoor Bowls Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1988 Auckland|pairs}}
{{MedalGold|1996 Leamington Spa|pairs}}
{{MedalCompetition|Atlantic Bowls Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1993 Florida|pairs}}
{{MedalBronze|1995 Durban|singles}}
{{MedalBronze|1995 Durban|pairs}}
{{MedalSilver|1997 Llandrindod Wells|pairs}}
{{MedalCompetition|British Isles Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1992|singles}}
{{MedalGold|1993|singles}}
{{MedalGold|1995|fours}}
{{MedalGold|1996|fours}}
{{MedalGold|2005|singles}}
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Phillis Nolan (10 February 1946 – 16 March 2022) was an Irish lawn bowler.{{cite book|last=Newby|first=Donald|title=Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88|year=1987|publisher=Telegraph Publications|isbn=0-86367-220-5}}
Bowls career
=World Outdoor Championship=
Nolan partnered Margaret Johnston in a very successful pairs team and they won three consecutive World Outdoor Bowls Championships gold medals.{{cite web|url=http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article/1113/bowling-for-gold|title=Bowling for Gold|publisher=Culture Northern Ireland}} The three world titles came at the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.
=Atlantic Championships=
In 1993, she won the pairs gold medal with Barbara Cameron at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships.{{cite news |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0503369651/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=53c04381|title='Shaw strikes gold'|date=25 October 1993 |newspaper=The Times |access-date=25 May 2021|page=28 |via=The Times Digital Archive|url-access=subscription }}{{cite news |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500635684/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=7805d2c8|title='Guernsey finally falter|date=1 November 1993 |newspaper=The Times |access-date=25 May 2021|page=21 |via=The Times Digital Archive|url-access=subscription }} She went on to win three more medals at the Championships.
=British Isles=
She also won the British Isles Bowls Championships singles title three times in 1992, 1993 and 2005, a record only bettered by fellow Irish bowler Margaret Johnston{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/bowls/2303288/Bowls-Phillis-Nolan-eyes-British-record-win.html|title=Bowls: Phillis Nolan eyes British record win|publisher=The Telegraph}}
At the Irish National Bowls Championships bowling for the Blackrock Bowls Club, she won the singles title six times (1989, 1991, 1992, 1997, 2004, 2007), the pairs in 1983, 1992, 1996, 2005{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004162/20050903/130/0022 |title=Ladies Bowls |work=Ireland's Saturday Night |date=3 September 2005 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=3 September 2023}} the triples in 1986 & 2014 and the fours in 1979, 1994, 1995 and 2000.{{cite web|url=http://www.iwba.co.uk/Championships/IWBA-Championships.html|title=Irish Women's Bowling Association National Championships|publisher=Irish Women's Bowling Association}}
=Family=
Her son John Nolan was the 1991 singles champion at the Irish National Bowls Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19920630/273/0017|title=bad day for Scots in Larne |date=20 June 1992 |newspaper=Dundee Courier |access-date=9 April 2021|page=17 |via=The British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
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Category:Bowls World Champions