| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | c.1973[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Sports Commentator and Presenter | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Indoor bowls | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Newton Hall Indoor Bowling Club | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| National finals | Indoor singles (2018) indoor pairs (2015) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Janice Gower is a female international indoor bowls player from England.
Bowls career[edit]
Gower played in the Professional Bowls Association and World Bowls Tour and was the first English female to qualify for the last 32 of the Open World Indoor Singles.[2]
She made her indoor international debut in 2008 and was part of the squad for ten years.[3] She has won the English national Singles title in 2018[1] and won the English National Pairs in 2015.[citation needed]
In 2020, she reached the final of the women's singles at the 2020 World Indoor Bowls Championship losing out to Julie Forrest.[4]
Other work[edit]
Gower worked as the lead commentator for the World Bowls Tour live streaming and is a sports presenter, including working for the BBC, Sky, ITV and Eurosport.[5]
She now works freelance for the sport in a journalist capacity as well as presenting and commentating for events.[citation needed] She is also a competition manager for special Olympics indoor bowls and also heads up a management team, as event manager and competition manager, who organise events for Learning Disabilities athletes.[citation needed]
Awards[edit]
She won the 'Services to Bowls' award at the World Bowls Tour Awards held during January 2019 for her work and commitment with disabled and mentally impaired bowlers.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Bowls: Gower victorious at English Indoor Bowls Championships". Lancaster Guardian. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ "Gower gets set to make history". The Gazette.
- ^ "The new bowls co-ordinator at Penrith Leisure Centre is Janice Gower". Cumberland and Westmoreland Herald.
- ^ "FORREST IS THE 'JUST' 2020 LADIES MATCHPLAY WORLD CHAMPION". World Bowls Tour. Archived from the original on 25 January 2020.
- ^ "Galgate's Gower targets 'dream' final on return to World Championships". Lancaster Guardian.
- ^ "2019 awards". World Bowls Tour.