Essie Sanchez

Esterina "Essie" Sanchez, born on 22 April 1958, is a Philippine born lawn bowler who represents the Norfolk Islands. She won pairs gold with Carmen Anderson at the 1997 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in Warilla, added a pairs bronze there six years later, and won a further medal at the Atlantic Championships in 2007 in Christchurch. Selected for four Commonwealth Games, she bowled in the singles at the 2006 Games, the pairs in 2010, the pairs and fours in 2014, and the women's triples and fours at the 2022 Games in Birmingham. A bowler from one of the Commonwealth's smallest teams who has competed at the Games across sixteen years, she is a long serving representative of Norfolk Island in a sport that is a staple of the Commonwealth Games programme.