{{short description|South African lawn bowler}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Colleen Piketh | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = South African | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|12|26|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlssa.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Nov-16.pdf|title=World Bowls Players Profiles|publisher=Bowls South Africa|access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref> | birth_place = Johannesburg, South Africa | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Lawn bowls | club = Bedfordview BC<br>George BC<br>Discovery BC | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{SAF}}}} {{MedalSport|}} {{MedalCompetition|World Outdoor Championships}} {{MedalBronze | 2012 Adelaide | Women's fours }} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalGold|2014 Glasgow|Women's pairs}} {{MedalBronze|2014 Glasgow|Women's singles}} {{MedalSilver | 2018 Gold Coast|Women's pairs}} {{MedalBronze | 2018 Gold Coast|Women's singles}} {{MedalCompetition|Atlantic Bowls Championships}} {{MedalGold|2007 Ayr|singles}} {{MedalSilver|2011 Paphos|pairs}} {{MedalSilver|2011 Paphos|fours}} {{MedalGold|2015 Paphos|pairs}} {{MedalGold|2019 Cardiff|pairs}} {{MedalCompetition|National Championships}} {{MedalGold|2021|pairs}} {{MedalGold|2021|pairs}} }}
'''Colleen Piketh''' (''{{nee}}'' '''Webb'''; born 26 December 1972) is a South African international lawn bowler.<ref>{{cite news |title=Piketh tops her section at world championships |work=Kempton Express |location=South Africa |date=11 April 2014 |url=http://kemptonexpress.co.za/29391/piketh-on-track-at-world-bowls-tournament/}}</ref>
==Bowls career== In 2007 she won the singles gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results-old.php|title=2007 Atlantic Championships|publisher=World Bowls Ltd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125035718/http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results-old.php|access-date=17 May 2021|archive-date=25 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0503552743/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=8d4aa913|title=Bowls |date=18 July 2007 |newspaper=The Times |access-date=20 May 2021|page=61 |via=The Times Digital Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref> In 2011 she won the pairs and fours silver medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/mainresults.php|title=2011 Atlantic Championships|publisher=World Bowls Ltd|access-date=19 May 2021|archive-date=31 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031201626/http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/mainresults.php|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
Piketh competed in the women's pairs and the women's singles events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games<ref>{{cite web |title=Glasgow 2014 profile |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/cycling_road/1001015/colleen_piketh.html |accessdate=18 October 2014 |archive-date=23 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023210721/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/cycling_road/1001015/colleen_piketh.html |url-status=usurped }}</ref> where she won a gold<ref>{{cite news |last=Etheridge |first=Mark |title=Piketh and Botha bowl to Team SA's 12th Games gold |work=SASCOC website |location=South Africa |date=1 August 2014 |url=http://www.sascoc.co.za/2014/08/01/piketh-and-botha-bowl-to-team-sas-12th-games-gold/ |accessdate=18 October 2014}}</ref> and bronze medal respectively. She won a gold medal in the women's pairs at the World Bowls Atlantic Bowls Championships in Cyprus in 2015, together with Nici Neal. Piketh also competed in the singles format at the same tournament, losing to Guernsey's Lucy Beere 21–15 in the medal playoff game.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowls.com/event/2015-atlantic-championship/|title=2015 Atlantic Championships|publisher=World Bowls|access-date=16 May 2021}}</ref>
Piketh was part of South Africa's team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thesouthafrican.com/team-south-africa-for-commonwealth-games-announced/|title=Team South Africa for Commonwealth Games announced|publisher=The South African|access-date=26 January 2018|archive-date=10 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110054937/https://www.thesouthafrican.com/team-south-africa-for-commonwealth-games-announced/|url-status=dead}}</ref> where she won a bronze medal in the singles event and a silver medal in the pairs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/lawn-bowls/event-schedule-women-s-pairs.htm|title=Pairs results|publisher=CG2018|access-date=13 April 2018|archive-date=11 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411174633/https://results.gc2018.com/en/lawn-bowls/event-schedule-women-s-pairs.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
She won the 2018 pairs at the South African National Bowls Championships bowling for the George Bowls Club with Elma Davis.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlssa.co.za/index.php/updates/newsletters|title=Newsletters|publisher=South Africa Bowls|access-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403215844/https://www.bowlssa.co.za/index.php/updates/newsletters|archive-date=3 April 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2019, she won the pairs gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowls.com/event/2019-atlantic-championships/|title=2019 Atlantic Championships|publisher=World Bowls|access-date=15 May 2021}}</ref> and in 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Gold Coast, Australia,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/BowlsSouthAfrica/|title=NATIONAL SELECTIONS|publisher=Bowls South Africa}}</ref> but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-17|title=2020 World Bowls Championships to be postponed indefinitely|url=https://www.bowls.com.au/2020-world-bowls-championships-to-be-postponed-indefinitely/|access-date=2020-06-09|website=Bowls Australia|language=en-AU}}</ref>
In 2021, she won a second women's pairs title at the South African National Bowls Championships, this time partnering Thabelo Muvhango for the Discovery Bowls Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jbabowls.co.za/index.php/tournaments-1/bowls-sa/bsa-women-s-nationals|title=BSA Women's Nationals|publisher=Johannesburg Bowls Association|access-date=20 May 2021}}</ref> In 2022, she competed in the women's singles and the women's pairs at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athlete-details/62209|title=Official Games profile|publisher=2022 Commonwealth Games|access-date=4 August 2022}}</ref>
In 2023, she was selected again as part of the team to represent South Africa at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bowlsinternational.keypublishing.com/competitors-confirmed-world-bowls-outdoor-championships/ |title=COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 |website=Bowls International |date=5 June 2023 |access-date=2 September 2023}}</ref> She participated in the women's singles and the women's pairs events.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldbowls.com/events-list/ |title=Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia |publisher=World Bowls |access-date=2 September 2023 |archive-date=19 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519080851/https://www.worldbowls.com/events-list/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://world2023.bowls.com.au/event-info/schedule/ |title=SCHEDULE & DRAWS |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=2 September 2023}}</ref> In the singles, Piketh finished second in her group before losing her quarter final to Katherine Rednall.
Piketh was selected for the national team at the 2024 African States Tournament in Botswana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sasportspress.co.za/sports-menu-heading-mobile/bowls/bowls-roberts-scheepers-lead-new-look-sa-bowls-team |title=Roberts, Scheepers lead new-look SA Bowls team |website=SA Sports Press |access-date=20 October 2024}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{CGF profile}} * {{2010 Commonwealth Games profile|872798}} * {{2014 Commonwealth Games profile|lawn_bowls/1001015/c_piketh}} * {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|lawn-bowls/athlete-profile-n6013009-colleen-piketh}} * {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|62209}}
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