Elsie Wilkie

Elsie Hamer Wilkie MBE (née Fielden, 20 December 1922 – 29 November 1995) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player who represented her country internationally.

[2] She won the singles gold medal at the 1973 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Wellington, New Zealand in addition to the team gold (Taylor Trophy),[3] and four years later successfully defended her title when taking singles gold again at the 1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing, England.

[4] An additional bronze medal was won in the team event.

[5] In the 1979 New Year Honours, Wilkie was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to bowling.

[6] In 1990, Wilkie was the first woman bowler to be inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame.