Rhoda Ryan

Rhoda Ryan

Personal information
Birth name	Rhoda Constance Hawke
Born	(1925-01-04)4 January 1925
Died	22 April 2002(2002-04-22) (aged 77) Matamata, New Zealand
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Lawn bowls
Club	Stratford BC Matamata Bowling Club
Medal record Representing  New Zealand World Outdoor Championships 1985 Melbourne singles Commonwealth Games 1990 Auckland pairs Asia Pacific Bowls Championships 1985 Tweed Heads pairs 1985 Tweed Heads singles

Rhoda Constance Ryan (née Hawke; 4 January 1925 – 22 April 2002) was an international lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.^[1]

Bowls career

Ryan won the singles bronze medal at the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne, Australia. In 1990 she represented New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games and won a silver medal in the fours with Adrienne Lambert, Lyn McLean and Marlene Castle.^[2]

She won two medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including a gold medal in the 1985 pairs at Tweed Heads, New South Wales.^[3]

Ryan won the 1980 singles, the 1973 & 1988 pairs and the 1981, 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1994 fours titles at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling mainly for the Matamata Bowls Club ^[4] and over 50 club titles.^[5]

The eight times National Champion died in April 2002.^[6]

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