Willow Fong

{{short description|Fijian-Australian lawn bowler}}

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{{MedalCompetition|World Outdoor Championships}}

{{MedalSilver| 1981 Toronto|pairs}}

{{MedalSilver| 1985 Melbourne|pairs}}

{{MedalCompetition | Asia Pacific Bowls Championships }}

{{MedalBronze|1985 Tweed Heads|pairs}}

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{{MedalBronze|1989 Suva|triples}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalBronze| 1998 Kuala Lumpur|pairs}}

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{{MedalGold|1997 Warilla|triples}}

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{{MedalGold|1999 Kuala Lumpur|pairs}}

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Willow Fong is a Tongan born, former international lawn bowls competitor for Fiji and Australia.{{cite book|last=Newby|first=Donald|title=Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91|year=1990|publisher=Telegraph Publications|isbn=0-330-31664-8}}

Biography

Fong is originally from Tonga and started bowling in 1974.{{cite book|last=World Bowls Committee|title=5th Women's World Bowls Souvenir Programme, page 26|year=1985|publisher=World Bowls Committee}}

Fong won the pairs silver medal with Maraia Lum On at the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Toronto, Canada and four years later won the pairs silver medal again at the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne, Australia. In 1998 she represented Australia at the Commonwealth Games and won a bronze medal in the pairs with Gordana Baric.{{cite web|url=https://bowlstawa.nz/titles/players/titles/2547|title=Profile|publisher=Bowls Tawa}}

She was the joint flag bearer for Fiji at the opening ceremony of the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.{{cite web|url=http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=2-3653-0-0-0&sID=35815&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=599410|title=2001 Willow Fong – Women's Lawn Bowls|publisher=Sports TG}}

She has won nine 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}}

She now bowls in Australia for the Merrylands Bowling Club and is the wife of male bowls international Peter Fong.

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