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| Born | (1944-03-13) 13 March 1944 (age 80) Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Bruce Castle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relative | Raelene Castle (daughter) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Orewa BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marlene Robyn Castle (born 13 March 1944) is a lawn and indoor bowls international for New Zealand.[1]
The veteran of four Commonwealth Games won her first medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, earning a silver in the women's fours. Again as part of the women's fours team she won a bronze medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. Her last Commonwealth medal was at the 2002 Commonwealth Games where she won a bronze in the women's singles.[2]
Castle has won twelve medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including five gold medals.[3]
Castle won the 2001 pairs title and the 1999 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Orewa Bowls Club.[4]
In 1990, Castle was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[5] In 2013, she was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame.[6]
Her husband is Bruce Castle, a former New Zealand Kiwis captain, and her daughter Raelene Castle is a sports administrator. Raelene has previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of Netball New Zealand and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs,[7] and became the CEO of Rugby Australia in December 2017.[8]
