Ronnie Jones (bowls)
{{Short description|Canadian bowls player (1931–2022)}}
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Ronnie Jones (1931–2022) was a Canadian international lawn and indoor bowls player.{{cite web|url=http://bowlstawa.com/titles/players/titles/2303|title=Profile|publisher=Bowls tawa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103165315/http://bowlstawa.com/titles/players/titles/2303 |archive-date=3 January 2017}}
Early life and bowls career
Jones was born in Liverpool, England and emigrated to Canada as a teenager in 1952. He made his debut for Canada in 1974.{{cite book|last=Warters|first=Bob|title=Fifth World Bowls Championship Official Souvenir|year=1984|publisher=Key Publishing Ltd}}
Jones won a bronze medal in the pairs with Bill Boettger and a silver medal in the fours at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.{{cite book|last=Newby|first=Donald|title=Bowls Yearbook 91|year=1991|publisher=Telegraph Publications|isbn=0-330-31664-8}}
Jones also won a silver medal with Boettger in the pairs at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/bowls.htm|title=COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS|publisher=GBR Athletics}}
Jones won two gold medals at the 1991 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the pairs and fours, in Kowloon, Hong Kong.{{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}}
Personal life and death
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Category:Canadian male bowls players
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
Category:Bowls players at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games