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2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship
The 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Lockleys Bowling Club in Adelaide, Australia, from 24 November to 9 December 2012. Some of the qualifying rounds were held at the nearby Holdfast Bowling Club in Glenelg North. Leif Selby won the men's singles Gold and the pairing of Alex Marshall and Paul Foster took the pairs Gold. Scotland also won the triples but Australia struck Gold in the fours and Leonard Trophy. In the women's events Australia were dominant winning the singles won by Karen Murphy, pairs, triples and Taylor Trophy. Only the Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ... team managed to stop a complete clean sweep after claiming the fours. Medallists Results W.M.Leonard Trophy Taylor Trophy References {{World Outdoor Bow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide
Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym ''Adelaidean'' is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. The Traditional Owners of the Adelaide region are the Kaurna people. The area of the city centre and surrounding parklands is called ' in the Kaurna language. Adelaide is situated on the Adelaide Plains north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, between the Gulf St Vincent in the west and the Mount Lofty Ranges in the east. Its metropolitan area extends from the coast to the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges, and stretches from Gawler in the north to Sellicks Beach in the south. Named in honour of Queen Adelaide, the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for the only freely-settled British province in Australia. Colonel William Light, one of Adelaide's foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Shadwell
Graham Anthony George Shadwell (born 1975) is an English international bowls player. Bowls career Shadwell won two bronze medals at consecutive World Outdoor Championships in 2008 in the fours with Mark Bantock, Stephen Farish and Robert Newman and in 2012 in the pairs with Jamie Chestney. In between the two World Championships he won another bronze medal in the triples with Bantock and Newman at the lawn bowls competition at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. In 2009 he won the triples and fours silver medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships and in 2011 he won the triples gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. In 2015 he won the pairs bronze medal at the Atlantic Championships. In 2004 & 2008, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs titles with Mark Walton. He was selected to represent England at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Avonhead, Christchurch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gidion Vermeulen
Gidion Vermeulen is a South African international lawn bowler. Bowls career He won a gold medal in the Men's triples at the 2010 Commonwealth Games with Johann Pierre du Plessis and Wayne Perry. He finished runner-up in the 2010 pairs at the National Championships bowling for the Westville Bowls Club. In 2011 he won the triples bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. The following year he won a silver medal in the fours at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Lockleys Bowling Club in Adelaide, Australia, from 24 November to 9 December 2012. Some of the qualifying rounds were held at the nearby Holdfast Bowling Club in Glenelg North. Leif Se .... References Living people Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games South African male bow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Grantham
Tony Grantham (born 30 December 1972) is a New Zealand international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career Grantham from Whanganui, in New Zealand won the New Zealand national championship which qualified him to play in the 2007 World Singles Champion of Champions event. He won the gold medal in the event beating Will James of Swaziland in the final. He won two medals at the 2011 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in Adelaide. One year later he then won a bronze medal in the triples at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide. Grantham also competed for New Zealand at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and has won three National titles; the 2007 singles title, 2013/14 pairs and 2013/14 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships, when bowling for the Birkenhead Bowls Club. In 2022, he competed in the men's pairs and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. In 2023, he won his fourth title at the National Championships, bowling for Mt Albert BC. L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Gallop
Matt Gallop (born 10 November 1987) is a New Zealand international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career Gallop from Blenheim, in New Zealand won a bronze medal in the triples at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide. He won the 2012/13 pairs title and 2010/11 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships The New Zealand National Bowls Championships is organised by Bowls New Zealand. Bowls was introduced in New Zealand in 1861 but the first national championships were not held until 1914. Men's singles champions Men's pairs champions Men's fou ... when bowling for the Blenheim and Cabramatta Bowls Clubs respectively. References 1987 births New Zealand male bowls players Living people Sportspeople from Blenheim, New Zealand {{NewZealand-bowls-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Forsyth
Ali Forsyth (born 11 December 1979) is a New Zealand international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career Forsyth from Nelson, in New Zealand, first came to prominence when winning the New Zealand national title which qualified him to compete in the 2004 World Singles Champion of Champions. He won the gold medal defeating David Anderson of Scotland in the final. World Championships He then won a bronze medal in the singles at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and a bronze in the triples at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide. In 2016, he won his sixth national title including the pairs with his father Neville. In 2016, he won a bronze medal at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch in the triples with Blake Signal and Mike Nagy before winning a gold medal in the fours with Signal, Nagy and Mike Kernaghan. In 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia. Commonwealth Games He was selected as part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Daly (bowls)
Paul Daly (born 28 March 1972) is a Northern Irish international lawn bowler. Bowls career International Daly won a silver medal in the men's triples at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. He also won a bronze medal in the triples and fours at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. National Championships Daly is an eight times Irish National Bowls Championships winner, including winning the singles title in 2011, bowling for Ulster Transport Bowls Club. His first title came in 1993 in the fours for Belmont BC and followed this up in 1996 when winning the triples in 1996, again for Belmont. Nine years later in 2005, he won the triples bowling for Ulster Transport BC. In 2011, he won the triples in addition to the singles. He later switched clubs moving back to the Belmont club. In 2022, he won his sixth national title when winning the fours at the Irish National Bowls Championships. The following year in 2023, he won the fours title, with Ryan Cavan, Nigel Beggs & Simon Martin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Talbot (bowls)
James Talbot is a Northern Irish international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career Talbot is from County Antrim, in Northern Ireland and he won a bronze medal in the triples and fours at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. He won the gold medal at the 2011 World Cup Singles in Warilla, New South Wales, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma .... References Male lawn bowls players from Northern Ireland Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Sportspeople from County Antrim {{UK-bowls-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Booth
Neil Booth (born 19 February 1968) is a former Northern Irish international lawn and indoor bowler and bowls team coach and manager. Bowls career Booth has won three World Championship medals starting with the gold medal in the fours at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Ayr with Jonathan Ross, Noel Graham and Jim Baker. This was followed by two bronze medals in 2012. In addition he has won four Commonwealth Games medals. He won the gold medal in the fours at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur with Gary McCloy, Ian McClure and Martin McHugh. He won a bronze in 2002, a silver medal in 2006 and another silver in 2014. Booth retired from international competition in 2014. Coaching Booth was selected as a coach for the Northern Ireland team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland. He was team manager for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was to be the 14th edition of the World Championships to be hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Ruediger
Wayne Ruediger (born 15 August 1976) is an Australian international lawn bowler. Bowls career Ruediger won the gold medal in the triples with Aron Sherriff, Mark Casey and Brett Wilkie during the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide. He competed in the men's fours at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal. He won two medals at the 2015 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships The Asia Pacific Bowls Championships formerly the Pacific Rim Championships was a bowls, lawn bowling competition held between national bowls organisations in the Asia Pacific region. The event was inaugurated in 1985, and it was initially held ... in Christchurch. In 2022, he won his third fours title at the Australian Open. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruediger, Wayne 1976 births Living people Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Australian male bowls players Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Bowls Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brett Wilkie
Brett Wilkie is an Australian international lawn bowler. Bowls career Wilkie came to prominence after winning the Australian national championship and qualifying for the 2009 World Singles Champion of Champions event, where he won the gold medal defeating Wayne Hogg of Scotland in the final. He was selected to play for Australia during the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi where he won a triples silver medal. Wilkie then won the gold medal in the fours with Aron Sherriff, Mark Casey and Wayne Ruediger during the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide and a silver medal in the triples. He competed in the men's fours at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal. He won two silver medals at the 2011 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in Adelaide. He won a gold medal with bowls pairs partner Aaron Wilson in the pairs at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and won a silver medal in the fours. He was selected as part of the Australian team for the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Casey (bowls)
Mark Casey (born 30 January 1982) is an international Australian lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career In 2005 he won the gold medal at the inaugural World Cup Singles in Hong Kong. The following year in 2006 he won the gold medal in the triples competition at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. He won another the lawn bowls gold medal in the fours competition at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. He won seven medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, of which three have been gold medals. In 2016 he was part of the triples team with Aron Sherriff and Barrie Lester who won the silver medal at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ĺtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / ... and won another silver medal in the fours. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
