{{Short description|South African lawn bowler (born 1970)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | nationality = South African | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|03|2|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlssa.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Nov-16.pdf|title=World Bowls Players Profiles|publisher=Bowls South Africa|access-date=22 May 2021|archive-date=22 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522115930/https://www.bowlssa.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Nov-16.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> | birth_place = Roodepoort, South Africa | sport = Lawn bowls | club = Leases BC | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{RSA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalSilver | 2018 Gold Coast|Fours}} {{MedalSilver | 2018 Gold Coast|Pairs}} {{MedalCompetition|Atlantic Bowls Championships}} {{MedalGold|2015 Paphos|pairs}} {{MedalBronze|2015 Paphos|fours}} {{MedalGold|2019 Cardiff|pairs}} {{MedalSilver|2019 Cardiff|fours}} {{MedalCompetition|National Championships}} {{MedalGold|2014|singles}} {{MedalGold|2016|singles}} {{MedalGold|2016|fours}} {{MedalSilver|2021|singles}} }}
'''Nicolene Neal''' known as '''Nici Neal''' (born 2 March 1970) is a South African international lawn bowler.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bowlsinternational.keypublishing.com/2018/01/30/south-africa-announce-commonwealth-team/|title=South Africa announce Commonwealth team|publisher=Bowls International}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
== Career == Neal was born on 2 March 1970, in Roodepoort, and was selected as part of the South African team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland<ref>{{cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/lawn-bowls/athlete-profile-n6013013-johanna-snyman.htm|title=Profile|publisher=GC 2018}}</ref> where she claimed two silver medals: in the Fours with Elma Davis, Johanna Snyman and Esme Kruger<ref>{{cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/lawn-bowls/result-women-s-fours-fnl-000100-.htm|title=Medal Match|publisher=CG2018}}</ref> and the Pairs with Colleen Piketh.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/lawn-bowls/event-schedule-women-s-pairs.htm|title=Pairs results|publisher=CG2018}}</ref>
Neal won the 2014 and 2016 singles titles and the 2016 fours title at the South African National Bowls Championships bowling for the Leases Bowls Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlssa.co.za/index.php/updates/newsletters|title=Newsletters|publisher=South Africa Bowls|access-date=2019-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403215844/https://www.bowlssa.co.za/index.php/updates/newsletters|archive-date=2019-04-03|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2015, she won the pairs gold 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 2019, Neal won the pairs gold medal and fours silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowls.com/event/2019-atlantic-championships/|title=2019 Atlantic Championships|publisher=World Bowls|access-date=15 May 2021}}</ref> and in 2020 she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/BowlsSouthAfrica/|title=NATIONAL SELECTIONS|publisher=Bowls South Africa}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Neal, Nicolene}} Category:1970 births Category:Living people Category:Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Category:South African female bowls players Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa Category:Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Category:Sportspeople from Roodepoort Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in lawn bowls