Colleen_Grondein

Colleen Grondein

Colleen Grondein

South African international lawn bowler

Colleen Grondein is a former South African international lawn bowler.[1]

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Bowls career

Grondein won a gold medal in the Women's fours at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria with Anna Pretorius, Lorna Trigwell and Hester Bekker.[2][3] It was the first time that South Africa had won a gold medal since 1958, following the return from their Anti-Apartheid Movement Commonwealth ban enforced in 1961.[4]

In 1995 she won the triples gold medal and fours silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships in her home country.[5][6]

She bowls for the Lahee Park Bowling Club.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    "Colleen Grondein profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. [2]
    "Colleen Grondein". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. [3]
    "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
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    "South African bowlers lift gold". UPI.
  5. [5]
    "Jones, D.R. (1995) 'S Africa's bowlers reclaim top spot'". The Times. 24 April 1995. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
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    "'For the Record' (1995)". The Times. 1 May 1995. p. 32. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  7. [7]
    "Lahee Park BC celebrates golden years". Highway Mail. 6 August 2013.


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