Esme Hester Johanna Kruger is a South African international lawn bowler, born in Pretoria on 29 November 1971, who reached a career high ranking of world number 8 in March 2025. She was selected for the South African team at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, where she took a silver medal in the fours with Elma Davis, Johanna Snyman and Nicolene Neal, and she returned for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, again winning fours silver after the final was lost 17-10 to India. At home she won the South African national singles title in 2018 and the fours in 2012 and 2021 while bowling for the Christian Brothers College Old Boys club. She took fours silver and triples bronze at the 2019 Atlantic Bowls Championships, and represented her country at the 2020 and 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championships. She later moved to Hartenbos Bowls Club and was selected for the 2024 African States Tournament in Botswana.
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Esme Hester Johanna Kruger (born 29 November 1971)
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is a South African international lawn bowler
Competed In: Commonwealth Games, Bowls career, 2018
selected as part of the South African team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast
Competed In: Atlantic Bowls Championships, Bowls career, 2019
she won the fours silver medal and triples bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships
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