Edna Bessell

Edna Ida May Bessell, born Tovey in 1946, is a former international lawn bowler from England. She won a bronze medal in the triples, with Barbara Till, Norma Shaw and Babs Barlow, at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, and a second bronze in the fours with Jean Baker, Till and Mary Price at the same event. At the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships in 1993 she took triples silver and fours bronze, and in 2005 she added fours gold and pairs bronze there, followed by pairs silver in 2009. Representing Somerset she also won four national singles titles. After her playing career she became team manager of the England women's team and was appointed MBE for her services to the sport. Her record spans World Bowls and Atlantic Bowls competition over almost two decades.