In the 1990s, Ceeney came out of retirement and took up lawn bowls in the hope of gaining selection for the 2000 Sydney Paralympics. The sport was taken off the program after the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics but Ceeney went on to compete at the 2002 World Wheelchair Games winning a silver in the singles and bronze medal in the pairsand this took place 42 years after her first international sporting success. She retired from lawn bowls in that year.