Jason John Greenslade (born 6 March 1970) is a Welsh international indoor and lawn bowler. After moving to Guernsey in 2022 he later represented them in competition.

Bowls career

Outdoors

Greenslade took up bowling at the age of eight after his parents (both Welsh internationals) introduced him to the sport. In 2001, he won the

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singles title. He has competed three

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in the

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(where he won a bronze in the fours, in the 2006 Commonwealth Games at the John Cain Memorial Park in

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, Australia and in the

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at the Yamuna Sports Complex in

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. His outdoor club is Dinas Powys. In 2009 he won the pairs gold medal and singles bronze medal at the

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. He was the Welsh National singles champion in 2011 as 2014 and won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 2015.

Indoors

Greenslade finished runner-up to Andy Thomson in the

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and runner-up twice in the Pairs in the 2003 World Indoor Bowls Championship and

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with partner

Robert Weale Robert Arthur Weale (born in Hereford on 3 April 1963), is a Welsh international Bowls, lawn and indoor bowls player. Weale is originally from Presteigne and was educated at John Beddoes School, but now lives in Hereford. In 2022, he was induct ...

. He also won a bronze medal at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in the pairs again with

. Individual success includes the 2004 Scottish Masters and 2006 Welsh International Open but his greatest achievement indoors was winning the Open pairs with bowls partner Les Gillett at the

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in Great Yarmouth. His indoor club is Sully.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Greenslade, Jason 1970 births Living people Welsh male bowls players Indoor Bowls World Champions Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Wales Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Penarth Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games