Kanny Vaile

Mata Kanny Vaile (1953 to 2019) was an international lawn bowler from the Cook Islands. She won a bronze medal in the triples at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships held in Christchurch, and she was selected to represent the Cook Islands at six Commonwealth Games: the fours in 1994 and 1998, the pairs in 2002 and 2006, the triples in 2010, and both the triples and the fours in 2014. At home she assisted her father in building the greens at the Rarotonga Bowling Club, and in the national championships she won six gold medals and six bronze medals. She died in 2019 and was buried at the family burial site in Tauae. Her long run of Games selections made her one of the most consistent Cook Islands competitors in the sport.