Family
Her Jamaican-born father, Roland Silvera (1895–1986), was a well-known flat-green bowls player and a member of Stoke B.C., Coventry.
He served as President of Warwickshire County Bowls Association in 1970, in which year the County side achieved their one and only success in the English Bowling Association Middleton Cup competition, beating Middlesex in the final.
Coventry & District Bowls Association run an annual competition for the Silvera Shield.
After emigrating to Canada and becoming a ship hand, Roland fought for the Canadian Expeditionary Force in WW1.
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