{{short description|Filipino lawn bowls player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Use British English|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Sonia Bruce | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = Filipino | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|8|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Sagay, Negros Occidental, Philippines | death_date = | death_place = | club = Angeles Sports and Country Club | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's lawn bowls}} {{MedalCountry|{{PHL}}}} {{MedalCompetition|World Outdoor Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2016 Christchurch|fours}} {{MedalCompetition | Asia Pacific Bowls Championships }} {{MedalBronze|2003 Brisbane|triples}} {{MedalBronze|2009 Kuala Lumpur|triples}} {{MedalSilver|2011 Adelaide|triples}} {{MedalBronze|2015 Christchurch|pairs}} {{MedalCompetition|Southeast Asian Games}} {{MedalSilver | 2005 Manila|triples}} {{MedalBronze | 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima|triples}} {{MedalBronze | 2017 Kuala Lumpur|pairs}} {{MedalSilver | 2019 Philippines|triples}} }}
'''Asuncion Yang Yang Bruce''' (born 1966) also known as '''Sonia Bruce''' is a Philippines international lawn bowler.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowls2016.com/Story?Action=View&Story_id=225|title=Asuncion Bruce profile|publisher=World Bowls 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.psc.gov.ph/images/MASTERLISTOFELIGIBLENATIONALATHLETESJUNE_2022v2.pdf |title=Masterlist of eligible athletes |website=PSC.gov |access-date=21 March 2024}}</ref>
==Bowls career== Bruce competed in the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship but came to prominence when winning a bronze medal at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch in the fours with Hazel Jagonoy, Rosita Bradborn and Ronalyn Greenlees.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burnsidebowlingclub.com/2016WorldBowlsChampionshipFinalsResults.html|title=Results|publisher=Burnside Bowling Club}}</ref>
In 2014 and 2016, she won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs titles, first with Ainie Knight and later with Rosita Bradborn.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hklba.org/new/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=149&Itemid=218&lang=en| title=HK Classic winners Women's pairs | publisher=HKLBA | access-date=10 June 2021}}</ref>
She has won four medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, starting in 2003 in Brisbane, where she won a bronze medal in the triples with Lolita Treasure and Milagros Witheridge. Six years later she won a second bronze, again in the triples with Witheridge and Greenlees. Two years later in 2011, she won a silver in Adelaide with Witehridge and Joy Tordoff and finally in 2015 in Christchurch, she secured another bronze but this time in the pairs event with Ainee Knight.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowls.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ASIA-PACIFIC-RECORD.pdf|title=Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners|website=World Bowls|access-date=31 May 2021}}</ref>
In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent Philippines at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bowlsinternational.keypublishing.com/competitors-confirmed-world-bowls-outdoor-championships/ |title=COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 |website=Bowls International |date=5 June 2023 |access-date=2 September 2023}}</ref> She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldbowls.com/events-list/ |title=Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia |publisher=World Bowls |access-date=2 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://world2023.bowls.com.au/event-info/schedule/ |title=SCHEDULE & DRAWS |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=2 September 2023}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bruce, Sonia}} Category:1966 births Category:Filipino female lawn bowls players Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Negros Occidental Category:SEA Games medalists in lawn bowls Category:SEA Games silver medalists for the Philippines Category:SEA Games bronze medalists for the Philippines Category:Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games Category:Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games Category:Competitors at the 2005 SEA Games Category:Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games Category:20th-century Filipino women Category:21st-century Filipino sportswomen