Mary Ormsby

Mary Ormsby (1927 to 2019) was an international lawn bowls competitor for Australia. At the 1969 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Sydney she won a silver medal in the triples with Norma Massey and Connie Hicks, and a bronze medal with Pam Hart, Connie Hicks and Jean Turnbull, and she also won a silver medal in the team event, the Taylor Trophy, in 1969. She is the only person to have won all three Australian National Bowls Championships: the singles in 1969, the pairs with Erica Murada, and the fours. She won the women's South Australian state singles title in 1961-62 and played 167 times for the state. In 1985 she was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to the sport.