Stephen Rees is a lawn bowler and indoor bowler born on 13 February 1960.

Bowls career

Rees is from St Thomas in

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and took up bowls in 1978. He shot to prominence in 1986 when he won the CIS UK singles title defeating David Bryant in the final. His greatest moment arrived when he won a fours

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at the

2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 2000 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Marks Park Bowling Club, in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 1 to 15 April 2000. The 2000 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Moama Bowling Club in Moama, Australia ...

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. Another major achievement was winning the 1999 World Indoor Bowls Championship Pairs title with John Price. He also won the 1990 pairs title at the

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with Terry Sullivan.

References

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