Mary Price

Mary Price (27 August 1943 – 5 May 2023) was an English international lawn bowler and indoor bowler. Bowls career Mary Price was from Farnham Common in Slough and played competitive cricket, badminton, squash, and hockey but achieved her greatest successes in bowls. After winning the National title in 1988 she became the first woman in England to win both the indoor and outdoor singles titles. She subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1989. Her greatest win was arguably the singles title at the 1991 World Indoor Bowls Championships. World Outdoor Championships Price won five World Championships medals at consecutive Championships starting with a bronze medal in the pairs and silver medal in the fours at the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. Four years later in Ayr she won a fours bronze and at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Leamington Spa she won another fours bronze medal. the fifth and final medal arrived in Johannesburg in 2000 when she won a pairs bronze with Jean Baker at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. Commonwealth Games Price won three bronze medals at consecutive Commonwealth Games. She gained a bronze medal in the fours at the 1986 Commonwealth Games and bronze medals in the pairs at the 1990 Commonwealth Games and 1994 Commonwealth Games.