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Barbara Till

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Barbara Till
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Sport
ClubMilton Park
Medal record
Representing  England
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Ayr Triples
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Ayr Fours
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 1991 singles

Barbara Till is a former international lawn bowler from England.[1]

Bowls career

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Till won a bronze medal in the Triples with Edna Bessell, Norma Shaw and Babs Barlow at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. Barlow was the English president and had stepped in to replace the injured Norma Shaw.[2] She also won a second bronze in the fours with Jean Baker, Bessell and Mary Price.[3]

Till also won a national singles title in 1990[4] representing Hampshire and subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1991.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  2. ^ Jones, David Rhys (8 June 1992). "Jones, David Rhys. "Shaw's absence is one in the eye for England."Times, 8 June 1992, p. 26". The Times. Times Digital Archives. p. 26.
  3. ^ "World Bowls Medals". Bowls Tawa.
  4. ^ "Barbara bowls them over". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 12 August 1990. Retrieved 18 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2020.