Irene Molyneux

Emily Irene Molyneux (née Drew) (1922-2019) was an international lawn bowls competitor for England.^[2]

Irene Molyneux

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	Q4 1922 Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Died	27 June 2019 (aged 96) [1] Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Sport
Sport	Lawn bowls
Club	Oxford City and County BC
Medal record Representing  England World Outdoor Championships 1981 Toronto fours 1981 Toronto pairs 1981 Toronto team British Isles Championships 1977 pairs

Bowls career

In 1981 Molyneux won double gold in the fours with Eileen Fletcher, Mavis Steele, Betty Stubbings and Gloria Thomas and the team event (Taylor Trophy) and a bronze medal in the pairs at the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Toronto.^[3]

Molyneaux won seven National Championships titles; 1976 (pairs), 1979 (two wood singles), 1974,^[4] 1979,^[5] 1991, 1996 (triples)^[6] and fours (1986). She also won the British Isles Bowls Championships pairs title in 1977 with Margaret Lockwood.^[7][1]

Her husband Jim was President of the Oxford City and County Bowls Club in 1976.^[8]