Mark Casey (born 30 January 1982) is an international Australian lawn and indoor bowler.

Bowls career

In 2005 he won the

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at the inaugural

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. The following year in 2006 he won the

in the triples competition at the

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. He won another the lawn bowls gold medal in the fours competition at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. He won seven medals at the

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, of which three have been gold medals. In 2016 he was part of the triples team with

Aron Sherriff Aron Sherriff (born 29 October 1985) is an international Australian lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career World Championship Outdoor Sherriff won the gold medal in the triples with Mark Casey, Brett Wilkie and Wayne Ruediger during the 2012 ...

and

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 ...

who won the silver medal at the

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and won another silver medal in the fours.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Casey, Mark 1982 births Living people Australian male bowls players Place of birth missing (living people) Bowls World Champions Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games 21st-century Australian people Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games