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Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Q4 1922 Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 27 June 2019 (aged 96) [1] Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Oxford City and County BC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Emily Irene Molyneux (née Drew) (1922-2019) was an international lawn bowls competitor for England.[2]
In 1981 Molyneux won double gold in the fours with Eileen Fletcher, Mavis Steele, Betty Stubbings and Gloria Thomas and the team event (Taylor Trophy) and a bronze medal in the pairs at the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Toronto.[3]
Molyneaux won seven National Championships titles; 1976 (pairs), 1979 (two wood singles), 1974,[4] 1979,[5] 1991, 1996 (triples)[6] and fours (1986). She also won the British Isles Bowls Championships pairs title in 1977 with Margaret Lockwood.[7][1]
Her husband Jim was President of the Oxford City and County Bowls Club in 1976.[8]