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 Edinburghfours
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Bronze medal – third place1989 Suvasingles
Gold medal – first place1989 Suvatriples

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

Bowls career

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

  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.
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