Jamie Chestney (born 15 November 1986) is an English male international lawn and indoor bowler.

Bowls career

International achievements

His first major international medal came in 2011 when he won the singles and triples gold medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. The following year he gained a bronze medal at the

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in the pairs competition with Graham Shadwell. Two years later he competed for England in the men's fours at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a silver medal. He finished runner-up in the 2016 International Open and the following year won the Cooperative Funeralcare International Open. In 2018, he won the World Indoor Open Pairs title with

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and then won the Mixed Pairs title the following day with Lesley Doig. In 2018 he was also selected as part of the English team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the

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where he claimed a bronze medal in the Fours with David Bolt,

Louis Ridout Louis Ridout is an English international indoor and outdoor bowls player. Bowls career In 2015 he won the pairs bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. In 2016 he won the National title in the Pairs with Sam Tolchard. The bowler w ...

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Sam Tolchard Sam Tolchard (born 27 May 1989) is an English international lawn and indoor bowler. Profile In 2009, he won the singles and triples silver medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships and the following year in 2010, he won the Hong Kong Intern ...

. Chestney won a third world indoor title when winning the open pairs at the

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for the second time with Mark Dawes. In 2022, he competed in the men's triples and the men's fours at the

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. The team of Chestney,

Nick Brett Nick Brett (born 14 May 1974) is an English lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career Brett bowls for the Huntingdon indoor bowls club and Brampton outdoor bowls club. He was ranked the indoor world number 1 in 2015 and 2016. and also won an outdoo ...

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won the triples gold medal and in the fours he also secured a bronze medal.

National achievements

Chestney is a three times national champion, winning

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titles in 2004, 2009 and 2021. Chestney was aged just 17 when he won the pairs title with Ian Wynter in 2004. He was also part of the Kings Bowls Club, who have won the Top Club championship four years running from 2016-2019. National titles *2004 Bowls England National Championships (Men's Pairs) *2009 Bowls England National Championships (Men's Junior Singles) *2021 Bowls England National Championships (Men's Champion of Champions)

Personal life

In 2015, he married fellow bowls international Natalie Melmore. In 2020, he joined the Bowls England staff as a its Membership Register Project Officer.

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chestney, Jamie 1986 births Living people English male bowls players Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from King's Lynn Indoor Bowls World Champions