Elsie McDonald

Elsie Adelaide McDonald (née Cawood), was a South African international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

Elsie McDonald

Personal information
Nationality	South Africa
Born	12 February 1920 Kimberley, Northern Cape
Died	13 December 2012
Sport
Sport	Lawn bowls
Medal record lawn bowls World Outdoor Championships 1969 Sydney pairs 1969 Sydney singles 1969 Sydney team

Bowls career

She started bowling in 1958 for the Kimberley Engineering Works BC.[2]

In 1969 she won the gold medal in the pairs with May Cridlan and the silver medal at the 1969 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Sydney, Australia.[3] She also won a gold medal in the team event (Taylor Trophy).[4]

She was inaugurated into the South African Hall of Fame in 1981.

References

1. Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
2. "Elsie McDonald 1920-2012". Press Reader.
3. "Elsie McDonald profile". Bowls Tawa.
4. Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.