Janice Gower

Janice Gower is a female international indoor bowls player from England who also works as a sports presenter and commentator. She played in the Professional Bowls Association and on the World Bowls Tour, and she was the first English woman to qualify for the last 32 of the Open World Indoor Singles. She made her indoor international debut in 2008 and stayed in the England squad for ten years. At national level she won the English singles title in 2018 and the English pairs in 2015, and in 2020 she reached the final of the women's singles at the World Indoor Bowls Championship, losing to Julie Forrest. Away from the green she was lead commentator for the World Bowls Tour's live streaming, has presented for the BBC, Sky, ITV and Eurosport, and works as a competition manager for Special Olympics indoor bowls. In January 2019 she received the Services to Bowls award at the World Bowls Tour Awards.