Wendy Line

Wendy Line (née Clarke) is an English international lawn and indoor bowler.^[1]

Wendy Line
(née Clarke)

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Sport
Club	Southampton BC
Medal record Representing  England World Outdoor Championships 1988 Auckland pairs Commonwealth Games 1986 Auckland singles British Isles Championships 1986 triples

Bowls career

Line only started bowling at the age of 40 but won a bronze medal in the pairs at the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Auckland.^[2]

Her greatest achievement came in the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Auckland when she won the gold medal in the women's singles.^[3] She represented England in the singles event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland^[4][5] and four years later represented England in the fours event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.^[6][7][8]

Under her maiden name of Clarke she won the 1981 National fours^[9] and the 1982 national singles.^[10] In 1985, she won the national triples title, bowling for Southampton BC.^[11]

Personal life

In 1984, she married fellow international bowler Peter Line, who died in 2025.^[12]