{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Janice Gower | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | birth_name = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = British (English) | citizenship = | residence = | birth_date = c.1973<ref name=LG>{{cite web|url=https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/sport/bowls-gower-victorious-at-english-indoor-bowls-championships-652570 |title=Bowls: Gower victorious at English Indoor Bowls Championships |publisher=Lancaster Guardian |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Sports Commentator and Presenter | years_active = | website = | country = | sport = Indoor bowls | event = | league = | league_type = | employer = | agent = | height = | weight = | universityteam = | club = Newton Hall Indoor Bowling Club | turnedpro = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = | coaching = | retired = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = Indoor singles (2018)<br>indoor pairs (2015) | olympics = | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's bowls }} {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition | World Indoor Championships}} {{MedalSilver | 2020 Yarmouth | Singles}} }}
'''Janice Gower''' is a female international indoor bowls player from England.
==Bowls career== Gower played in the Professional Bowls Association and World Bowls Tour and was the first English female to qualify for the last 32 of the Open World Indoor Singles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport/gower-gets-set-to-make-history-1-8302983|title=Gower gets set to make history|work=The Gazette}}</ref>
She made her indoor international debut in 2008 and was part of the squad for ten years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cwherald.com/a/archive/the-new-bowls-co-ordinator-at-penrith-leisure-centre-is-janice-gower.433338.html|title=The new bowls co-ordinator at Penrith Leisure Centre is Janice Gower|work=Cumberland and Westmoreland Herald|access-date=4 January 2018|archive-date=5 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105180317/http://www.cwherald.com/a/archive/the-new-bowls-co-ordinator-at-penrith-leisure-centre-is-janice-gower.433338.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> She has won the English national Singles title in 2018<ref name=LG/> and won the English National Pairs in 2015.{{cn|date=October 2022}}
In 2020, she reached the final of the women's singles at the 2020 World Indoor Bowls Championship losing out to Julie Forrest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldbowlstour.tv/forrest-is-the-just-2020-ladies-matchplay-world-champion/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125105719/https://worldbowlstour.tv/forrest-is-the-just-2020-ladies-matchplay-world-champion/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 25, 2020|title=FORREST IS THE ‘JUST’ 2020 LADIES MATCHPLAY WORLD CHAMPION|publisher=World Bowls Tour}}</ref>
==Other work== Gower worked as the lead commentator for the World Bowls Tour live streaming and is a sports presenter, including working for the BBC, Sky, ITV and Eurosport.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/sport/more-sport/galgate-s-gower-targets-dream-final-on-return-to-world-championships-1-7658956|title=Galgate’s Gower targets 'dream' final on return to World Championships|work=Lancaster Guardian}}</ref>
She now works freelance for the sport in a journalist capacity as well as presenting and commentating for events.{{cn|date=October 2022}} She is also a competition manager for special Olympics indoor bowls and also heads up a management team, as event manager and competition manager, who organise events for Learning Disabilities athletes.{{cn|date=October 2022}}
==Awards== She won the 'Services to Bowls' award at the World Bowls Tour Awards held during January 2019 for her work and commitment with disabled and mentally impaired bowlers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldbowlstour.tv/wbt-gala-awards-night/|title=2019 awards|publisher=World Bowls Tour|access-date=22 January 2019|archive-date=23 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123124254/https://worldbowlstour.tv/wbt-gala-awards-night/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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