Connie Hicks

Connie Hicks, born Connie Haigh, was an international lawn bowls competitor for Australia who won medals at the World Outdoor Bowls Championship in 1969 and 1977. At the 1969 championship in Sydney she took two silver medals, in the team event for the Taylor Trophy and in the triples with Norma Massey and Mary Ormsby, and a bronze in the fours with Pam Hart, Jean Turnbull and Ormsby. Eight years later at the 1977 championship in Worthing she won gold in the fours with Dot Jenkinson, Lorna Lucas and Merle Richardson, and gold in the team event. At home she played for the Royal Park Bowls Club in North Perth and won ten state titles. She married fellow lawn bowler Charlie Hicks in 1944.