Sharon Sims Explained

Sharon Elmar Sims (born 24 May 1952) is a New Zealand lawn bowls international.

Bowls career

At the 2002 Commonwealth Games she won a gold medal along with Jo Edwards in the women's pairs event.^[1] At the World Bowls Championships in 2000 she was a triples and fours champion,^[2] and in 2004 a pairs champion.^[3]

She won eight medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, four of which have been gold medals.^[4]

Sims won the 2002 & 2005 singles title and the 1993, 2006, 2007 & 2009 pairs title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Hamilton Bowls Club.^[5]

Honours and awards

In the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours, Sims was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to lawn bowls.^[6] In 2013, she was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS. GRB Athletics.
2. http://www.olympic.org.nz/athletes/sharon-sims/ Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website
3. Web site: Bowls: Women's four win but Castle suffers two losses in singles . New Zealand Herald . 10 November 2024 .
4. Web site: Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners. World Bowls. 31 May 2021.
5. Web site: New Zealand Championships. Bowls Tawa.
6. Web site: Queen's Birthday honours list 2007 . 4 June 2007 . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . 28 February 2020.
7. Web site: Bowls legends honoured at inaugural Hall of Fame celebration . 2013 . Bowls New Zealand . 5 August 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160822153835/http://www.bowlsnz.co.nz/Category?Action=View&Category_id=2178 . 22 August 2016 . dmy-all .