Phyllis Derrick
{{short description|Former international lawn bowls competitor for England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2024}}
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| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = c.1922
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| sport = Lawn bowls
| club = Magdalen Park BC
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{{MedalCompetition|World Outdoor Championships}}
{{MedalSilver | 1973 Wellington|pairs}}
{{MedalSilver | 1973 Wellington|fours}}
{{MedalBronze | 1973 Wellington|team }}
{{MedalCompetition|British Isles Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1981|singles}}
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Phyllis Derrick (born c.1922) is a former international lawn bowls competitor for England.{{cite web|url=https://bowlstawa.nz/titles/players/titles/4983|title=Profile|publisher=Bowls Tawa}}
Derrick was born Phyllis Jones, her father was the Wales international bowler, W.E. Jones, and her mother also competed for Wales.{{cite news |title=Mrs. Derrick beats Notts. bowls hope |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian-journal/174755803/ |access-date=18 June 2025 |work=The Guardian Journal |date=29 August 1963}}
Bowls career
In 1973 she won two silver medals, one in the pairs with Mavis Steele and one in the fours with Nancie Colling, Eileen Smith, and Joan Sparkes, at the 1973 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Wellington, New Zealand. She also earned a bronze medal in the team event (Taylor Trophy).{{cite book|last=Newby|first=Donald|title=Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91|year=1990|publisher=Telegraph Publications|isbn=0-330-31664-8}} In 1980, she took part in the world championship qualifier at the Whitnash Bowls Club for the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Canada.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001523/19800619/568/0038 |title=Top bowlers at ladies' championship |work=Banbury Guardian |date=19 June 1980 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=23 August 2024}}
In addition to the World Championship medals she won two singles titles in 1970 (two wood) and 1980 (four wood){{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19800815/233/0027 |title=Bowls |work=Daily Mirror |date=15 August 1980 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2023}} and the 1966 pairs title{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19660827/725/0028 |title=English Title for Dora Hills |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=27 August 1966 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2023}} at the England Women's National Championships when bowling for Magdalen Park Bowls Club, Surrey.{{cite book|last=Hawkes/Lindley|first=Ken/Gerard|title=the Encyclopaedia of Bowls|year=1974|publisher=Robert Hale and Company|isbn=0-7091-3658-7}}{{cite web|url=http://www.epsombowlingclub.co.uk/Associations/Surrey/Surrey%20Ladies/SurreyNational.htm|title=Winners|publisher=Epsom Bowling Club}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/about-us/past-records|title=Past Records|publisher=Bowls England}} She also won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1981.{{cite web|url=https://britishislesbowls.com/history-of-the-bibc/previous-winners/|title=Previous Winners|publisher=British Isles Bowls Council}}{{cite book|last=Sullivan|first=Patrick|title=Guinness Bowls Records|year=1986|publisher=Guinness Superlatives Ltd|isbn=0-85112-414-3}}
References
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Category:English female bowls players