Ellen Falkner and Amy Monkhouse Bring Home Gold For England in Lawn Bowls

It was a big month for lawn bowling as the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi took place. But, it was an even bigger month in England as hometown girls, Ellen Falkner and Amy Monkhouse, beat team after team to emerge as victors in the Woman’s Lawn Bowls Pairs. The story isn’t only a triumph in the world of lawn bowling, but it’s a triumphant story that oozes of the human spirit and friendship.

Falkner and Monkhouse are not only serious lawn bowl competitors, they’ve also been best friends since childhood. Now, both 31 and into adulthood, the two are still the best of friends and couldn’t see winning the title with anyone else. Shortly after the win Falkner was quoted as saying, “To come out here, to play together as friends and win is something else.” And this wasn’t the first time that Falkner has made the news for her lawn bowling skills, either. She also was just recently the first woman to have the right to play against male competitors in the World Indoor Singles tournament, which took place in Norfolk.

Ellen Falkner and Amy Monkhouse won the gold in Woman’s Lawn Bowling Pairs at the Commonwealth Games on October 11 after beating Australia out in the semi-finals with a score of 5 – 2.