Dorothy Roche

Dorothy Roche

Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	1928
Died	11 November 2021 (aged 93)[1]
Sport
Club	Merrylands Bowling Club
Medal record Representing  Australia World Outdoor Championships 1985 Melbourne triples 1985 Melbourne fours 1988 Auckland triples 1988 Auckland fours Commonwealth Games 1990 Auckland fours Asia Pacific Bowls Championships 1989 Suva pairs 1989 Suva fours 1993 Victoria triples

Dorothy Edna Roche OAM (1928 – 11 November 2021), was an international lawn bowls competitor for Australia.^[2]

Bowls career

Roche took up the sport of bowls in 1975.^[1] She won the triples gold medal and fours silver medal at the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne, Australia. Three years later, she won double gold after winning both the triples and fours at the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Auckland.^[3]

Roche became Australia's oldest Commonwealth Games gold medal winner when she won the women's fours at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, at 61 years old.^[1]

She won three medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including a gold medal in the 1993 triples in Victoria, Canada.^[4]

Roche was awarded the Order of Australia for services to bowls in 1990.^[5]

References

1. "VALE: DOROTHY ROCHE OAM". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
2. Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
3. "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
4. "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
5. "Biographies". Trove.