Aron Sherriff (born 29 October 1985) is an international Australian lawn and indoor bowler.

Bowls career

World Championship

Outdoor

Sherriff won the

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in the triples with Mark Casey,

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and

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 Adela ...

during the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in

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. He also won silver in the

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with Leif Selby. Four years earlier he had won a silver and bronze at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in

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. In 2016 he was part of the triples team with

Barrie Lester Barrie Norman Lester (born 1982) is an Australian international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career World Championship In 2016 he was part of the triples team with Aron Sherriff and Mark Casey who won the silver medal at the 2016 World Outd ...

and Mark Casey who won the silver medal at the

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and he also won a bronze medal in the

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. In 2020, he was selected for the

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in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the

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. In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent Australia at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. He participated in the men's triples and the men's fours events. In the triples with Corey Wedlock and

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, he won the gold medal. One week later in the fours partnering Wedlock, Healey and Aaron Teys, the team won their group before reaching the final against Scotland, where he won a second gold medal winning 12–10 to complete a very successful championship.

Indoor

In 2023, he won double gold in the singles and the mixed pairs with

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at the

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Commonwealth Games

He won the lawn bowls

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at the

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. He won the

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Awards Night as the International Bowler of the Year for three consecutive years. Further success came as part of the Australian team for the

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on the

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where he took two silver medals in the

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and in the Fours.

Asia Pacific

Sherriff has won six medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, including double gold in the triples and fours at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland.

Nationals

Sherriff has won three

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titles and seven Australian Opens.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sherriff, Aron Australian male bowls players Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games 1985 births Living people Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Bowls World Champions Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Sydney Sportsmen from New South Wales