Phillis Nolan

Phillis Nolan was an Irish lawn bowler who lived from 10 February 1946 to 16 March 2022. She partnered Margaret Johnston in a very successful pairs team and together they won three consecutive World Outdoor Bowls Championship gold medals, in 1988, 1992 and 1996. In 1993 she won the pairs gold with Barbara Cameron at the first Atlantic Bowls Championships and went on to win three more medals there. She won the British Isles Bowls Championships singles three times, in 1992, 1993 and 2005, a record bettered only by Johnston. Bowling for Blackrock Bowls Club she won six Irish National singles titles. Her son John Nolan was the 1991 Irish National singles champion.