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Audrey Hefford

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Audrey Hefford
Personal information
Birth nameAudrey Maxine Hefford
NationalityAustralian
Born1929 (1929)
Cobdogla
Died (aged 85)
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1986 Edinburgh fours
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Suva singles
Gold medal – first place 1989 Suva triples

Audrey Maxine Hefford (1929 – 5 March 2014) was an Australian international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career[edit]

Audrey was part of the fours team that won a silver medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. Four years later she just missed out on a bronze medal in the singles at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.[2]

She made her debut for Australia in 1983 and represented South Australia from 1975 to 1999. She was inducted into the Bowls Australia Hall of Fame.[3][4]

She also won a gold and bronze medal at the 1989 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in Suva, Fiji.[5][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Audrey Hefford profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. ^ "Audrey Hefford". Berri Bowling Club.
  4. ^ "AWARDS NIGHT WINNER CROWNED". Bowls Australia.
  5. ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 90. Pan Books Ltd. pp. 70–71. ISBN 0-330-31364-9.
  6. ^ "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.