{{Short description|Scottish lawn bowler}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Janice Maxwell | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (Scottish) | birth_date = 1 December 1946<ref name=AEE>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19900124/373/0016 |title=The glory hunters |work=Aberdeen Evening Express |date=24 January 1990 |p=16 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=7 January 2026}}</ref> | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | club = Castle Douglas BC | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{SCO}}}} {{MedalSport|}} {{MedalCompetition | World Outdoor Championships }} {{MedalGold | 1992 Ayr | triples }} {{MedalGold | 1992 Ayr | fours }} {{MedalGold | 1992 Ayr | team }} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalBronze| 1994 Victoria| fours }} {{MedalCompetition|Atlantic Bowls Championships}} {{MedalGold|1993 Florida|fours}} {{MedalBronze|1997 Llandrindod Wells|fours}} }}
'''Janice H. Maxwell''' (born 1 December 1946) is a former Scottish International and triple World Bowls gold medal winning lawn bowler.<ref>{{cite book|last=Newby|first=Donald|title=Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91|year=1990|publisher=Telegraph Publications|isbn=0-330-31664-8}}</ref>
== Bowls career == Watson represented the Scottish team<ref name=AEE/> at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand,<ref>{{cite book|last=Newby|first=Donald|title=Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91|pages=39-46|year=1990|publisher=Pan Books Ltd|isbn=0-330-31664-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/56/all |title=Scotland Auckland 1990 |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=7 January 2026}}</ref> where she competed in the fours event, with Ann Watson, Joyce Lindores and Annette Evans.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19900202/365/0020 |title=Bruces's golden shot |work=Aberdeen Evening Express |date=2 February 1990 |p=1 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=7 January 2026}}</ref> At the time of the Games she was an auxiliary nurse.<ref name= AEE/>
In 1992 she won a gold medal in both the triples and the fours at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Ayr.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bowlstawa.nz/titles/players/titles/3124|title=Profile|publisher=Bowls Tawa}}</ref> She also won a bronze medal in the fours at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria with Betty Forsyth, Elizabeth Dickson and Dorothy Barr.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/49173|title=profile|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=20 December 2018|archive-date=21 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221041448/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/49173|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/bowls.htm|title=COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS|publisher=GBR Athletics}}</ref>
In 1993 she won the fours gold medal at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships<ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0503369651/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=53c04381|title='Shaw strikes gold'|date=25 October 1993|newspaper=The Times|access-date=25 May 2021|page=28|via=The Times Digital Archive|url-access=subscription}}{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500635684/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=7805d2c8|title='Guernsey finally falter|date=1 November 1993|newspaper=The Times|access-date=25 May 2021|page=21|via=The Times Digital Archive|url-access=subscription}}{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> and four years later won a fours bronze at the Championships.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500852516/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=af5dfd48|title=Dunwoodie, G. (1997) 'Hawes and Price take title for England'|date=27 August 1997|newspaper=The Times|access-date=25 May 2021|page=39|via=The Times Digital Archive|url-access=subscription}}{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500853993/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=fc8942ed|title=Dunwoodie, G. (1997) 'Price savours singular feat'|date=3 September 1997|newspaper=The Times|access-date=25 May 2021|page=46|via=The Times Digital Archive|url-access=subscription}}{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>
She also won the Scottish National Bowls Championships singles title in 1986 bowling for Castle Douglas, beating Annette Evans of Willow Bank BC 21-19 in the final, played at Stewarton BC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsscotland.com/previous-winners|title=Previous Winners|publisher=Bowls Scotland|access-date=21 April 2021|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404184426/https://www.bowlsscotland.com/previous-winners|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2014, Janice set a record for her club by winning her 25th championship for Castle Douglas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/janice-named-bowling-champion-25th-4164104|title=Janice is named bowling champion for 25th time|publisher=Daily Record|access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Maxwell, Janice}} Category:Scottish female bowls players Category:Living people Category:Bowls World Champions Category:1946 births Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland Category:Bowls players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls