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'''Katharine Anne Pearce''' (born 16 February 1963) is a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/cycling_road/1034136/kathy_pearce.html|title=Kathy Pearce|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=27 October 2016|archive-date=28 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028020429/http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/cycling_road/1034136/kathy_pearce.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Bowls career== Pearce from Berriew, Welshpool won the triples gold medal and fours silver medal at the 1997 Atlantic Bowls Championships In Llandrindod wells.<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=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</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=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
In 2004 she won a bronze medal at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in the fours and in 2007 won the triples silver medal at the Atlantic 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=2010-11-25}}</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 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
The following year she won another World bronze at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. Also, in 2008 she won the World Singles Champion of Champions event gold medal defeating Lorraine Malloy of Scotland in the final at Aberdeen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/lorraine-malloy-ready-worlds-title-2579965|title=Lorraine Malloy ready for Worlds title bid after finishing second two years ago|date=4 November 2010|publisher=Daily Record}}</ref>
In 2009 she won the singles silver medal and the triples gold medal at the Atlantic Championships in Johannesburg.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results-old.php|title=2009 Atlantic Championships|publisher=World Bowls Ltd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100314062629/http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results-old.php|access-date=21 May 2021|archive-date=2010-03-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0503964873/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=284753c0 |title=Bowls |date=18 May 2009 |newspaper=The Times |access-date=21 May 2021 |page=61 |via=The Times Digital Archive |url-access=subscription }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
She then won two more bronze medals in the triples and fours at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilawnbowl.com/2012/12/09/2012-world-bowls-recap/|title=2012 World Bowls Recap|date=9 December 2012|publisher=iLawnbowl}}</ref>
In 2015 she won the fours silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.<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>
In 2016, she won a silver medal with Emma Woodcock and Anwen Butten in the triples at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burnsidebowlingclub.com/2016WorldBowlsChampionshipFinalsResults.html|title=2016 World Bowls Championship Finals|publisher=Burnside Bowling Club}}</ref>
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