Gill Mitchell
formerly Gill Fitzgerald
Personal information
NationalityEnglish
Born (1949-05-23) 23 May 1949
Sport
ClubKettering Lodge BC
Medal record
Representing  England
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Leamington Spa fours
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2002 Manchesterfours
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Silver medal – second place1995 Durbanpairs
Bronze medal – third place1995 Durbanfours

Gill Mitchell also known as Gill Fitzgerald (maiden name Gill McBryde) is an English international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

Bowls career

Under her previous name of Fitzgerald she was part of the fours team that win a bronze medal at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Leamington Spa. In 2002, she was part of the gold medal winning team in the fours at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester along with Ellen Alexander, Shirley Page and Carol Duckworth.[2][3]

Mitchell was also singles national champion in 1990 and runner up to Norma Shaw in the 1998 national championships representing Northamptonshire.

In 1995 she won the pairs silver medal (partnering Norma Shaw) and the fours bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[4][5]

References

  1. "Gill Mitchell profile". Bowls Tawa. Archived from the original on 19 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  2. "Day six in Manchester". BBC.
  3. "England women take gold". BBC.
  4. "Jones, D.R. (1995) 'S Africa's bowlers reclaim top spot'". The Times. 24 April 1995. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021 via The Times Digital Archive.
  5. "'For the Record' (1995)". The Times. 1 May 1995. p. 32. Retrieved 25 May 2021 via The Times Digital Archive.
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