Wayne Neville Rittmuller (born 18 June 1982) is a South African international

lawn bowler Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a "jack" or "kitty". It is played on a bowling green, which may be flat (for "flat-gre ...

and three times national champion of South Africa. He has represented South Africa at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Rittmuller started playing bowls aged 12 and played for Wentworth Bowling Club from 2001 to 2005. He won the South African national singles title two years in succession in 2017 and 2018 at the

South African National Bowls Championships The South African National Bowls Championships is organised by Bowls South Africa (BSA). The first National Singles Championships were held in 1897 in Kimberley despite the fact that the South African Bowls Association was not formed until 1904 ...

, when bowling for Stella Park (Port Natal). In 2022, he won his third title but this time in the pairs with Jason Lott for the Hillary BC. In 2022, he was selected for 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 Birmingham where he competed in the men's pairs event and the men's fours event.

References

1982 births Living people South African male bowls players Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa {{bowls-bio-stub