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2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship
The 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Avonhead, Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) 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 Rive ..., New Zealand, from 29 November to 11 December 2016. There were eight events that determined the 2016 world champions, the men's singles, doubles, triples and fours and the women's singles, doubles, triples and fours. Medallists Results Men's team (W.M.Leonard Trophy) Top five Women's team (Taylor Trophy) Top five References {{World championships in 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship Bowls in New Zealand Sport in Christchurch 2016 in New Zealand sport 2016 in bowls November 2016 sports events in New Zealand December 2016 sports events in New Zealand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christchurch
Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) 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 / Ōtākaro flows through the centre of the city, with an urban park along its banks. The city's territorial authority population is people, and includes a number of smaller urban areas as well as rural areas. The population of the urban area is people. Christchurch is the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand, after Auckland. It is the major urban area of an emerging sub-region known informally as Greater Christchurch. Notable smaller urban areas within this sub-region include Rangiora and Kaiapoi in Waimakariri District, north of the Waimakariri River, and Rolleston and Lincoln in Selwyn District to the south. The first inhabitants migrated to the area sometime between 1000 and 1250 AD. They hunted moa, which led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Knapper
Andrew Knapper (born 2 September 1981) is an English international lawn bowler. Bowls career He competed for England in both the men's fours and the men's pairs events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a silver and bronze medal respectively. In 2015 he won the triples bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. In 2016 he was part of the triples team with Robert Paxton and Jamie Walker who won the gold medal at 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch. He won the National Championship triples in 2013 and 2019. In 2020 he was selected 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 held at the Broadbeach Bowls Club, Musgrave Hill Bowls Club and Club Helensvale on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. There were to be ei ... in Australia. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Knapper, Andrew 1981 births Living people Bowls players at the 2014 Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Martin (bowls)
Simon Matthew Martin (born 1976) is a Northern Irish international lawn bowler. Bowls career International Martin was selected for the combined Irish team that competed in the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. He was part of the fours team with Martin McHugh, Neil Mulholland and Ian McClure that won a bronze medal in Christchurch. Two years later, he was selected as part of the Northern Ireland team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland. National Martin is a four times National champion after winning events at the Irish National Bowls Championships The Irish National Bowls Championships combines Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Traditionally the game was played mainly in Northern Ireland but the Kenilworth Bowling Club of Dublin joined the Irish Bowls Association in 1906 which pr ..., which included the singles in 2021. He also won the fours gold in 2016, 2019 and 2022. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Simon 1976 births Ir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Mulholland
Neil Mulholland (born 13 February 1980) is a Northern Irish international lawn bowler. Bowls career He won a silver medal in the men's triples at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. In 2015 he won the triples and fours bronze medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. In 2016 he was part of the fours team with Martin McHugh, Simon Martin and Ian McClure that won a bronze medal at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch. He won the 2014 Irish National Bowls Championships singles and in 2015 he became the World Singles Champion of Champions defeating Fairul Izwan Abd Muin Fairul Izwan Abdul Muin (born 3 November 1982) is a Malaysian lawn bowler. Bowls career World Championships Muin won a pairs bronze medal at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch, New Zealand. In 2020 he was selected for th ... of Malaysia in the final. In 2019 he won the fours bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Mulholland, Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin McHugh (bowls)
Hugh Martin McHugh (born 1973) is a Northern Irish international lawn bowler. Bowls career World Championships McHugh has competed in four World Bowls Championships in 2000, 2008, 2012 and 2016. He won a triples bronze medal in the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and in 2016, was part of the combined Irish fours team with Simon Martin, Neil Mulholland and Ian McClure that won a bronze medal in Christchurch. In 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia. Commonwealth Games McHugh has also competed in seven Commonwealth Games in 1998 and 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022. He won a fours gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. McHugh was selected for his sixth Games as part of the Northern Ireland team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland. In 2022, he competed in the men's pairs and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. In the fours the team of Sam Barkley, Adam McKeown, Ian McClure and ... [...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] |
Michael Nagy (bowls)
Michael Nagy (born 29 November 1980) is a New Zealand international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career Nagy has won two Asia Pacific Bowls Championships gold medals and won a bronze medal at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch in the triples with Ali Forsyth and Blake Signal before winning a gold medal in the fours with Forsyth, Signal and Mike Kernaghan. He was selected as part of the New Zealand team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland. He won the 2013/14 pairs title and 2013/14 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 Taren Point Bowls Club. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Nagy, Michael 1980 births New Zealand male bowls playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blake Signal
Blake Signal (born 17 January 1982) is a New Zealand international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career Signal has won four New Zealand National Bowls Championships titles (the fours in 2010, 2012 and 2017 and pairs in 2012). Signal won a bronze medal at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch in the triples with Ali Forsyth and Mike Nagy before winning a gold medal in the fours with Forsyth, Nagy and Mike Kernaghan. He was selected as part of the New Zealand team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ... on the Gold Coast in Queensland. References Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website 1982 births New Zealand male bowls players Living people Bowls World Champions Bowls players at the 2014 C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenichi Emura
is a Japanese international lawn bowler. Bowls career Emura a computer consultant by trade won the national singles title in 2013 and represented Japan in the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch winning a bronze medal in the triples with Hisaharu Satoh and Kenta Hasebe. The bronze medal was the first ever bowls medal won by the nation. He won a triples silver medal at the 2015 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in Christchurch. In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent Japan at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societie .... He participated in the men's triples and the men's fours events. In the triples his team reached the quarter final before losing to England. References 1955 births Liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hisaharu Satoh
Hisaharu Satoh is a Japanese international lawn bowler. Bowls career He won a triples silver medal at the 2015 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in Christchurch. Satoh represented Japan in the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch winning a bronze medal in the triples with Kenichi Emura and Kenta Hasebe. The bronze medal was the first ever bowls medal won by the nation. In 2020 he was selected 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 held at the Broadbeach Bowls Club, Musgrave Hill Bowls Club and Club Helensvale on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. There were to be ei ... in Australia. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Satoh, Hisaharu Living people Japanese male bowls players Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenta Hasebe
Kenta Treacher Hasebe (born 1991) is a Japanese international lawn and indoor bowler. Biography Hasebe, a school teacher at SGHS, represented Japan in the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch and won a bronze medal in the triples with Hisaharu Satoh and Kenichi Emura. The bronze medal was the first ever bowls medal won by his nation. World Championships In 2020, he was selected for his second World Championship at the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent Japan at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. He participated in the men's triples and the men's singles events. In the triples his team reached the quarter final before losing to England. Asia Pacific Championships 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 ... [...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, Ōtautahi) 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] |
