Cara Honeychurch

Cara Honeychurch of Melbourne, Victoria, is an Australian world champion ten-pin bowler. She won the AMF Bowling World Cup in Belfast in 1996 and was named Bowler of the Year by the World Bowling Writers that year, and again in 1998. A left-handed bowler known for accuracy and speed control, she represented Australia from 1989 and won 23 medals at Asian and world youth and senior championships, plus three gold medals at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and a World Games silver in 1997. She turned professional in 1999, won eight titles on the PWBA Tour and rolled a televised 300 game. She later led Tenpin Bowling Australia as chief executive for a decade, entered the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2022 and was voted into the PWBA Hall of Fame in 2026.