Simon Skelton is an English international lawn and indoor bowler.

Bowls career

Simon bowls for the Nottingham indoor club and Stute outdoor bowls club. During the

2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ...

he was part of the fours that won the

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with

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, Robert Newman and David Holt. In 2011 he won the mixed pairs title at the 2011 World Indoor Bowls Championship with

Alison Merrien Alison Jayne Merrien (born 28 November 1974) is an indoor bowls player from Saint Peter Port, Guernsey. Bowls career Indoors Merrien won double gold in the women's singles defeating Karen Murphy and the mixed pairs with Simon Skelton the 20 ...

and four years later won the open pairs title with

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. In addition to his international achievements he also won a

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title in 2009 representing Derbyshire and Stute BC. He reached the final of the open singles at the

2019 World Indoor Bowls Championship The 2019 Just World Indoor Bowls Championship was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 10–27 January 2019. The event is organised by the World Bowls Tour. Stewart Anderson won his second open singles ...

as a qualifier but lost to Stewart Anderson in the final. In November 2022, he finished runner-up in the Scottish International Open, losing in the final to Stewart Anderson.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Skelton, Simon English male bowls players Living people 1972 births Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Indoor Bowls World Champions Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Bowls European Champions Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games