Anne Ainsworth

Anne Ainsworth, born in 1951, is a former international lawn bowls competitor who represented Namibia. Her career is recorded in two international settings. In 1993 she won the pairs bronze medal, partnered with Cathelean du Plessis, at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships held in Florida. She later represented Namibia at the Commonwealth Games, taking part in the fours event at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. Her record shows how smaller bowls nations send competitors to regional and multi-sport championships alongside the established powers of the sport, and her pairs bronze at the first Atlantic Bowls Championships places her among the early medallists of that event.