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Rebecca Wigfield

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Rebecca Wigfield
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1988-08-08) 8 August 1988 (age 36)
Kettering, England
Sport
SportBowls
ClubDesborough Town
Medal record
Representing  England
World Outdoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Christchurch fours
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Paphos pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Paphos fours
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Cardiff pairs
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 fours
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Jersey pairs

Rebecca Louise Wigfield is an English international bowls player.[1]

Career history

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Rebecca Wigfield has won two National Championships; in 2013 she won the National Two‐Wood Singles followed by the 2015 National Fours.[2] In 2016, she won the Bowls England Women’s National Champion of Champions.[3]

The bowler who represents Northamptonshire was part of the fours team with Wendy King, Jamie-Lea Winch and Ellen Falkner who won the silver medal at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch.[4][5]

In 2015, she won the pairs and fours bronze medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[6] and in 2019 she once again won the pairs bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[7]

In 2023, she represented England in the British Isles series.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "England team profiles" (PDF). 2016 World Bowls. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Past records". Bowls England.
  3. ^ "Rebecca Wigfield takes Champion of Champions crown". Bowls International.
  4. ^ "England's charge in 2016 World Championships". Potters Bowls.
  5. ^ "World Bowls Championships: England win men's triples title". BBC Sport.
  6. ^ "2015 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  7. ^ "2019 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  8. ^ "England Player Profiles". Bowls England. Retrieved 23 November 2023.