Verna Devlin

Verna Devlin

Personal information
Nationality	New Zealand
Sport
Sport	Lawn bowls
Club	Herne Bay BC/Carlton BC
Medal record Representing  New Zealand World Outdoor Championships 1973 Wellington fours 1973 Wellington team

Verna Devlin is a former international lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.^[1]

Bowls career

She won the fours gold medal at the 1973 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Wellington, New Zealand.^[2] She also won the gold medal in the team event (Taylor Trophy).^[3]

Devlin won the 1982 singles title and the 1971 pairs title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Herne Bay Bowls Club.^[4]

Awards

Devlin was inducted into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame in 2013.^[5]

References

1. Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
2. "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
3. Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
4. "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
5. "BOWLS LEGENDS HONOURED AT INAUGURAL HALL OF FAME CELEBRATION". Bowls Manawatu.