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Sian Honnor (née Gordon, born 14 January 1988, in
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) is an English international lawn bowler from
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.


Bowls career


Outdoors

She first represented England on the world stage when she competed in the Youth Commonwealth Games in Bendigo in 2004, winning a bronze medal in the mixed pairs with Jamie Chestney. She represented England at the
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where she won, with Jamie-Lea Winch and Sandy Hazell, a bronze medal in the woman's triples competition."Bowler Sian Gordon earns a bronze medal at Commonwealth Games"
''Kent and Sussex Courier'', 15 October 2010
At the 2011
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, Gordon won Gold in the Ladies Fours and Ladies Team Events. She won Gold in the Ladies Fours with Julie Saunders,
Ellen Falkner Ellen Marie Falkner (née Alexander; born 12 June 1979) is an English international lawn and indoor bowler from Cambridge, England. Falkner was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services ...
and Amy Gowshall. Gordon competed in the
2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...
and won Gold in the Ladies Triples event with Sophie Tolchard and Ellen Falkner. in 2014 she was a National triples champion. She was selected as part of the English team for the
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on the
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in
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where she won a
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in the Triples with
Katherine Rednall Katherine Rednall (born 7 January 1996) is an English lawn and indoor bowler from Stowmarket. She is record five times women's world indoor singles champion. Bowls career Indoors Rednall became the youngest ever winner of a World Indoor Bowls ...
and
Ellen Falkner Ellen Marie Falkner (née Alexander; born 12 June 1979) is an English international lawn and indoor bowler from Cambridge, England. Falkner was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services ...
. In 2019 she won the triples gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships and in 2020 she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia. In 2022, she competed in the women's triples and the Women's fours at the
2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ...
. She won the gold medal in the triples with Jamie Lea Winch and Natalie Chestney.


Indoors

She has won numerous national titles including the English Indoor Bowling Association Women's Singles, National Under 25 singles twice, National Fours twice and National Triples.


Personal life

She works in PR in the higher education sector. She is a former editor for 'Bowls International' magazine and commentates for the
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during the
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