That changed yesterday when Edwards doubled her domestic tally and made herself the player of the championships by winning her third and fourth national open championship titles.
She has won two World Bowls pairs titles, a Commonwealth Games gold medal and the world indoor singles title for the past two years.
Edwards (40) put the domestic record straight at the Taieri club yesterday by winning the singles and pairs titles.
She gave teenager Amy Brenton (Stoke) a lesson in singles play when she dominated the game and beat her 21-3.
Edwards also won the pairs with world championship partner Val Smith when they beat the South Otago combination of Marilyn Patterson and Wynette McLachlan 17-11.
''I knew I had to put pressure on Amy who was playing in her first major final,'' Edwards said.
''I tried to make my first bowl count.
''That is what put me on the front foot and I was then able to dictate the head.''
She outwitted Brenton who did not alter the length of the ends when given the jack.
''Amy played a similar length to what I liked so it was not any trouble giving her the jack and keeping the last bowl myself,'' Edwards said.
Edwards knew Brenton would find it strange playing in front of the 1200 people who crowded the green.
''There is crowd noise and movement and cameras keep clicking,'' she said.
''This takes a bit of getting used to.''
Edwards applied pressure from the start and did not let Brenton get into the game.
She scored on 12 of the 15 ends and Brenton only gained three singles.
The writing was on the wall when Brenton was short with her first bowl and Edwards nestled two bowls close to the jack.
She was playing accurate draw bowls and added the bonus shot with an accurate draw shot with her last bowl.
The game was one-sided after that with Edwards concentrating on drawing closer to the jack than Brenton.
Edwards knew she was up against a tougher opponent in the pairs against opposing skip McLachlan who gets herself competitively tuned by playing on the Gold Coast each winter.
Edwards and Smith took an early 5-0 lead on the first two ends and, after seven of the 18 ends, led 10-3.
''It's always good to get a buffer like that,'' Edwards said.
''Being one down is OK as long as we didn't drop too many on a head.
''We worked hard to at least get the second shot and that worked well for us today.''
Edwards demonstrated her skills in this game on two ends.
The World Bowls champions were two down on the head when Edwards played her last bowl and drove out the two shot bowls to add an extra shot and extend the lead to 14-5 after 11 ends.
Edwards drew a toucher on the 17th end to win the game.
