Sophie Tolchard (born 2 October 1991) is an English international lawn bowler.

Bowls career

World Championships

In 2016, she won a

pairs Concentration, also known as Memory, Shinkei-suijaku (Japanese meaning "nervous breakdown"), Matching Pairs, Match Match, Match Up, Pelmanism, Pexeso or simply Pairs, is a card game in which all of the cards are laid face down on a surface and tw ...

bronze medal with

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 ...

at the

2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Avonhead, Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Ch ...

Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / ...

Commonwealth Games

Sophie has competed at three Commonwealth Games for England. The first in the women's triples at 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 ...

, where she won a gold medal with partners

and

Sian Gordon Sian Honnor (née Gordon, born 14 January 1988, in Canterbury) is an English international lawn bowler from Whitstable. Bowls career Outdoors She first represented England on the world stage when she competed in the Youth Commonwealth Games i ...

. The second was in 2018, when she was selected as part of the English team for the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

on the

Gold Coast Gold Coast may refer to: Places Africa * Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana: ** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642) ** Dutch G ...

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

. In 2022, she competed in the women's pairs 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 ...

. In the pairs with Amy Pharaoh she secured a silver medal.

Atlantic Bowls Championship

In 2015, she won the triples silver medal at the

Atlantic Bowls Championships The Atlantic Bowls Championships was a lawn bowling competition held between national bowls organisations in the Atlantic region. The event was a qualifying event for the World Outdoor Bowls Championships until the 2021 announcement that it woul ...

. In 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.

National Championships

She has won nine

National Championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...

, three of which have been in the National singles. The recent successes were in 2018 when she beat

Amy Gowshall Amy Pharaoh (born 20 March 1979 in Grimsby), also known as Amy Gowshall and Amy Monkhouse, is an English international lawn and indoor bowler. Personal life In August 2002, she married and became Amy Monkhouse. She has since reverted to her b ...

in the singles and was also part of the winning fours, the 2019 Two wood singles, the 2021 triples, with Harriet Stevens and Emma Cooper and the 2022 pairs with Stevens.

Personal life

She is the sister of England international bowler

Sam Tolchard Sam Tolchard (born 27 May 1989) is an English international lawn and indoor bowler. Profile In 2009, he won the singles and triples silver medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships and the following year in 2010, he won the Hong Kong Intern ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tolchard, Sophie 1991 births Living people Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England English female bowls players Sportspeople from Torquay Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games