Edna Bessell
Personal information
NationalityEnglish
BornQ3, 1946[1]
Gloucestershire
Sport
ClubYeovil BC
Medal record
Representing  England
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1992 AyrTriples
Bronze medal – third place 1992 AyrFours
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Silver medal – second place1993 Floridatriples
Bronze medal – third place1993 Floridafours
Gold medal – first place2005 Bangorfours
Bronze medal – third place2005 Bangorpairs
Silver medal – second place2009 Johannesburgpairs

Edna Ida May Bessell MBE (née Tovey), born 1946, is a former international lawn bowler from England.[2]

Bowls career

She won a bronze medal in the Triples with Barbara Till, Norma Shaw and Babs Barlow at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. Barlow was the English president had stepped in to replace the injured Norma Shaw.[3] She also won a second bronze in the fours with Jean Baker, Till and Mary Price.[4]

In 1993 she won the triples silver medal and fours bronze medal at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships.[5][6]

In 2005 she won the fours gold medal and pairs bronze medal at the Atlantic Championships[7] and in 2009 she won the pairs silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[8][9]

Bessell also won four national singles titles representing Somerset. She later became team manager for England's women and was appointed MBE.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  2. ↑ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  3. ↑ Jones, David Rhys (8 June 1992). "Jones, David Rhys. "Shaw's absence is one in the eye for England."Times, 8 June 1992, p. 26". The Times. Times Digital Archives. p. 26.
  4. ↑ "World Bowls Medals". Bowls Tawa.
  5. ↑ "'Shaw strikes gold'". The Times. 25 October 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  6. ↑ "'Guernsey finally falter". The Times. 1 November 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  7. ↑ "2005 Atlantic Rim Games". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 11 January 2006. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "2009 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 14 March 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "Bowls". The Times. 18 May 2009. p. 61. Retrieved 21 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  10. ↑ "England women's international manager announces retirement". Bowls International.
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