Jo Edwards

Jo Edwards

Medal record
Women's lawn bowls
Representing New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
	2002 Manchester	Pairs
	2014 Glasgow	Singles
World Outdoor Championships
	2004 Leamington Spa	Pairs
	2008 Christchurch	Pairs

Joanna "Jo" Edwards, MNZM (born 5 February 1970 in Clatterbridge, England), is a lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games she won a gold medal along with Sharon Sims in the women's pairs event. She has twice won the Gold medal at the World Outdoor Bowls Championships in the pairs events: in 2004 with Sharon Sims; and in 2008 with Val Smith.

In the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours, Edwards was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to lawn bowls.

The women's World number one star excelled at the 2015 APL (Australian Premier League). Edwards, the only woman competing in the eight-team tournament featuring 24 of the world's top players, played some top quality bowls alongside her countrymen Ali Forsyth and Shannon McIlroy to grab the title in a thrilling final from the Adelaide Endurance at Club Pine Rivers.

Branded as lawn Bowls' answer to Twenty20, the APL, launched in 2013, has received rave reviews for its popular quick-fire, two set, five-end format, which includes substitutes, a 30-second shot clock and a one-end tie break if required.