Keith Norman Roney (born February 11, 1948) is a Canadian international

lawn bowler 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-gre ...

Bowls career

He was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, he grew up in Bulyea, Saskatchewan and first began bowling in 1979. He has won 27 medals at the Canadian Championships and was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame. He won four medals at the

Asia Pacific Bowls Championships The Asia Pacific Bowls Championships formerly the Pacific Rim Championships was a bowls, lawn bowling competition held between national bowls organisations in the Asia Pacific region. The event was inaugurated in 1985, and it was initially held ...

including a gold medal in the 2003 pairs, in Brisbane, Australia. Roney won the

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in the pairs with Ryan Bester at the

2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Northfield Bowls Complex in Ayr, Scotland, from 23 July to 7 August 2004 and Victoria Park, Leamington Spa in England one month later. Steve Glasson won the men's singles Gold defeating ...

in Ayr.

Personal life

He is married to fellow international bowler Jean Roney.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roney, Keith 1948 births Living people Bowls World Champions Canadian male bowls players Sportspeople from Regina, Saskatchewan