{{Short description|English bowls player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Mo Monkton | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | birth_name = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = November 1955<ref>{{cite web|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/f3nJR-_znxKLWtNfRUj4hpHHb0M/appointments |title=DISABILITY BOWLS ENGLAND |publisher=Gov.uk |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref> | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Lawn bowls | club = Ilminster, Somerset | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalGold| 2007 Cyprus| team }} {{MedalBronze| 2007 Cyprus| singles }} {{MedalSilver| 2009 Cyprus | team }} {{MedalCompetition|National championships}} {{MedalGold|1998|pairs}} {{MedalSilver|1998|triples}} }}

'''Maureen Monkton''' (born November 1955) is a former English international lawn and indoor bowler and the Performance Director for the England bowls team.<ref name=BE>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/management-profiles/ |title=Mo Monkton Women's Coach |publisher=Bowls England |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=WC>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/birmingham-2022-stars-lead-world-championships-bid/ |title=BIRMINGHAM 2022 STARS LEAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BID |publisher=Bowls England |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref>

== Bowls career == Monkton started bowling in 1990. In 1998, she won the national pairs<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003600/19980808/081/0081 |title=Last end triumph |work=Hull Daily Mail |date=8 August 1998 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=21 August 2023}}</ref> and finished runner up in the national triples<ref>{{cite news |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500213907/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=bookmark-GDCS&xid=8bd2c864 |title='Shaw completes her collection of titles |date=17 Aug 1998 |newspaper=The Times |access-date=23 Aug 2023 |page=27 |via=The Times Digital Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref> at the English national bowls championships.<ref name=BE/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/about-us/past-records |title=Past Records |publisher=Bowls England| access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref>

In 2007, she won two medals at the European Bowls Championships in Cyprus. She won a gold medal in the team and a bronze medal in the singles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bowlseurope.com/ebu-team-championships-2007/ |title=EBU Team Championships 2007 |publisher=Bowls Europe |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref> Two years later she won a silver medal at the same event and venue in the team event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bowlseurope.com/ebu-team-championships-2009/ |title=EBU Team Championships 2009 |publisher=Bowls Europe |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref>

From 2012 until 2018, Monkton was a regional selector and then became manager of the England women's team, in addition to being the team manager for Disability Bowls England.<ref name=BE/> In 2023, she became the Performance Director for the England bowls team<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.suffolkbowlsbe.co.uk/post/mo-monkton-steps-up-to-performance-director-as-john-mcguinness-takes-temporary-break |title=MO MONKTON STEPS UP TO PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR AS JOHN MCGUINNESS TAKES TEMPORARY BREAK |publisher=Suffolk Bowls |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref> and will lead the team at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.<ref name=WC/>

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