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English lawn bowler

Jayne Roylance
Personal information
Born(1947-10-08)8 October 1947
Fakenham, Norfolk, England
Died3 November 2018(2018-11-03) (aged 71)
Sport
ClubCounty Arts Bowls Club (Norwich)
Medal record
Representing  England
World Outdoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 1988 Auckland Triples
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Auckland Pairs

Jayne Elizabeth Roylance (née Ward) (8 October 1947– 3 November 2018) was a lawn bowls international for England.

Bowls career

Roylance won a silver medal in the women's triples with Norma Shaw and Barbara Fuller during the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Auckland.

Two years later she won a bronze medal in the pairs with Mary Price at the Commonwealth Games and four years later Roylance represented England in the fours event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

In addition she has also won three National titles and one national competition representing Norfolk. The fours in 1985, the two wood singles in 1988 and the triples in 1989

Family

Her brothers Chris Ward and David Ward were both international players.

References

  1. "Obituary". Bowls England.
  2. "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  3. Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  4. "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. "1994 Athletes". Team England.
  6. "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  7. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  8. "Past Records". Bowls England.
  9. "Outside Ena snatches title". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 9 August 1985. Retrieved 18 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. "Loses in last four to international". Hinckley Times. 26 August 1988. Retrieved 21 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. "Rising star is easy winner". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 10 August 1989. Retrieved 21 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. "Norfolk's former England star Jayne Roylance dies at the age of 71". Eastern Daily Press. 8 November 2018.
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