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Emma McIntyre
Emma McIntyre (born 30 December 1992) is a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career McIntyre, who bowls for Dumbarton BC came to prominence after winning the women's national under 25 indoor title and winning the 2018 IIBC Championships mixed doubles title with Stewart Anderson. She has four medals at the 2017 and 2022 European Bowls Championships, which included a silver medal in the singles, where she lost out in the final to Stef Branfield Stephanie Branfield also known as Stef Branfield (born c.1993) is an English female lawn bowls international. Bowls career Branfield has represented England at bowls but came to significant prominence at the 2021 Bowls England National Finals .... Her performances at the European Championships led to her being selected by the national team, to represent them at the sport's blue riband event, the 2023 World Bowls Championship. She participated in the women's singles and the women's pairs events. In the pairs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Women's Pairs
The 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Women's pairs will be the 14th edition of the World Championships to be held on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia from 29 August to 10 September. There will be five venues; the Broadbeach Bowls Club The Broadbeach Bowls Club is a sports complex located in Gold Coast, Queensland. It is a venue for the 2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, ..., Musgrave Hill Bowls Club, Club Helensvale, Paradise Point Club and Mudgeraba Club. The women's pairs is one of eight events that will determine the 2023 world champions. Results Section tables Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Finals Results +forfeited References {{reflist 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Bowls Championships
The European Bowls Championship formerly the European Bowls Team Championships is a biennial continental lawn bowls tournament for European nations. From its inauguration in 1997 until September 2021, the tournament was organised by the European Bowls Union (EBU). In September 2021, the members of what was the "European Bowls Union" (E.B.U.) voted unanimously, to rebrand and be replaced by the newly formed, limited company, Bowls Europe Ltd (registered in Scotland). The competition now features the traditional four disciplines of singles, pairs, triples and fours. History The tournament was established to enable smaller countries in Europe to participate competitively against other more established bowls playing countries maintaining the principal aim, of fostering and developing the sport of lawn bowls throughout Europe. The first championship was held in 1997, with financial help from the Guernsey Tourist Board. The format of the championship in 1997, was a team event cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowls
Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a "jack" or "kitty". It is played on a bowling green, which may be flat (for "flat-green bowls") or convex or uneven (for "crown green bowls"). It is normally played outdoors (although there are many indoor venues) and the outdoor surface is either natural grass, artificial turf or cotula (in New Zealand). History Bowls is a variant of the ''boules'' games (Italian ''Bocce''), which, in their general form, are of ancient or prehistoric origin. Ancient Greek variants are recorded that involved throwing light objects (such as flat stones, coins, or later also stone balls) as far as possible. The aspect of tossing the balls to approach a target as closely as possible is recorded in ancient Rome. This game was spread to Roman Gaul by soldiers or sailors. A Roman sepulchre in Florence shows people playing this game, stooping ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IIBC Championships
''This page is about the IIBC Championships. For the World Bowls Tour, see World Indoor Bowls Championships.'' The IIBC Championships are an annual indoor bowls world championship event for the under–25 age group, run by the governing body of the sport, the International Indoor Bowls Council (IIBC). History The under–25 age group events were established in 1998 and continue today. From 2000 until 2019 there were disciplines at senior level. In 2019, the IIBC came to an agreement with the World Bowls organisation. The agreement was to merge their two international indoor championships, the IIBC Championships and the World Cup Singles. The new event would be called the World Bowls Indoor Championships The World Bowls Indoor Championships is bowls event inaugurated in 2019 by the organisations known as World Bowls and the International Indoor Bowls Council (IIBC). It is contested annually between bowlers from national bowls organisations. Th .... In 2004, the mixed pai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stewart Anderson (bowls)
Stewart Anderson (born 23 July 1985) is a Scottish international bowls player and a world champion indoors. Bowls career He started bowling aged just 12 with Auchinleck Indoor Juniors and outdoor with Glaisnock Valley. Having previously been a beaten finalist in the 2010 World Championships (where he lost out to Greg Harlow) Anderson beat Paul Foster in the final match that ended 10-10, 10-9 to secure the 2013 World indoor title. In 2015 he won the triples gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. During the 2016 World Indoor Bowls Championship Anderson partnered up with Darren Burnett and the Scottish pair recorded their first Open Pairs title success. In 2018 he won the Scottish International Open. Later that season, Anderson became a two-time World Open singles champion, winning the 2019 World Indoor Bowls Championship. He would defeat Simon Skelton in a tie-break in the final, where he would lose only one set in the championships. Anderson won the 2019 Scottish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stef Branfield
Stephanie Branfield also known as Stef Branfield (born c.1993) is an English female lawn bowls international. Bowls career Branfield has represented England at bowls but came to significant prominence at the 2021 Bowls England National Finals when she won two English National titles representing the Clevdon Bowls Club and Somerset. The first title was the prestigious singles, where she beat Chris Mitchell of Wiltshire 21–16. A few days later she reached the final of the two wood singles, beating Katherine Hawes 16–10. In 2022, she won double gold at the European Bowls Championships, winning the singles and pairs titles. In 2023, she won the women's singles for the second time, during the 2023 Bowls England National Finals, defeating Jayne Christie Jayne Christie (née Measures) is an English international lawn bowler. Christie made her international debut in 2000 and later captained England in 2008. She was runner-up in the 1999 & 2002 National Championships single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Women's Singles
The 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Women's singles will be the 14th edition of the World Championships to be held on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia from 29 August to 10 September. There will be five venues; the Broadbeach Bowls Club, Musgrave Hill Bowls Club, Club Helensvale, Paradise Point Club and Mudgeraba Club. The women's singles is one of eight events that will determine the 2023 world champions. Results Section tables Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Finals Results +Kenya forfeited References {{reflist 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Anderson (bowls)
Claire Anderson née Claire Walker (born 1992) is a Scottish international lawn bowler. Bowls career She has won the indoor National triples in 2015 and 2018, the indoor pairs in 2016, the British indoor triples in 2016 and the pairs in 2017. In 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent Scotland 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 .... She participated in the women's pairs and the women's fours events. In the fours, her team won the bronze medal. One week later in the pairs partnering Emma McIntyre, she won a bronze medal, losing to Malaysia in the semi final. Perso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Births
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 '' Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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