# Janice Maxwell

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{{Short description|Scottish lawn bowler}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2026}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Janice Maxwell
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| 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>
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| club = Castle Douglas BC
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{SCO}}}}
{{MedalSport|}}
{{MedalCompetition | [World Outdoor Championships](/source/World_Bowls_Championship) }}
{{MedalGold | [1992 Ayr](/source/1992_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) | [triples](/source/1992_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) }}
{{MedalGold | [1992 Ayr](/source/1992_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) | [fours](/source/1992_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) }}
{{MedalGold | [1992 Ayr](/source/1992_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) | [team](/source/1992_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) }}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalBronze| [1994 Victoria](/source/1994_Commonwealth_Games)| [fours](/source/Lawn_bowls_at_the_1994_Commonwealth_Games) }}
{{MedalCompetition|[Atlantic Bowls Championships](/source/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](/source/Bowls).<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](/source/Scotland_at_the_1990_Commonwealth_Games)<ref name=AEE/> at the [1990 Commonwealth Games](/source/1990_Commonwealth_Games) in [Auckland](/source/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](/source/Lawn_bowls_at_the_1990_Commonwealth_Games), with [Ann Watson](/source/Ann_Watson), [Joyce Lindores](/source/Joyce_Lindores) and [Annette Evans](/source/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](/source/1992_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) in [Ayr](/source/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](/source/1994_Commonwealth_Games) in [Victoria](/source/Victoria%2C_British_Columbia) with [Betty Forsyth](/source/Betty_Forsyth), [Elizabeth Dickson](/source/Elizabeth_Dickson_(bowls)) and [Dorothy Barr](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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>

==References==
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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

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