Freda Elliott

Freda Elliott
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Northern Irish)
Sport
SportLawn and indoor bowls
ClubBelfast BC
Belmont BC
Knock BC
Medal record
Representing Ireland
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Auckland team
Representing  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1986 pairs

Winifred "Freda" Elliott is a former international lawn bowler from Northern Ireland who competed at the Commonwealth Games and won a gold medal.[1]

Biography

Elliott represented the Northern Irish team[2] at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland,[3] where she competed in the pairs event, with Margaret Johnston, winning the gold medal.[4][5]

She has won six Irish National Bowls Championships titles in the pairs (1993), the triples (1982, 1998) and the fours (1982, 1988 and 1996).[6][7][8]

References

  1. ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  2. ^ "The Team". Belfast News-Letter. 17 June 1986. p. 27. Retrieved 6 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Northern Ireland Edinburgh 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  4. ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  5. ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. ^ "O'Neill relishing british mission". News Letter.
  7. ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 46–47. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
  8. ^ "Previous Winners". Irish Bowling Association. Retrieved 6 January 2026.