Wayne William Turley (born 2 November 1972) is an Australian international lawn and indoor bowler.

Bowls career

In 2006 he won a gold medal in the men's triples at the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...

. He won a silver medal four years later at the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

in Delhi. In between he won a silver medal at the

2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 12 to 24 January 2008. Safuan Said won the men's singles Gold. New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island coun ...

. He married fellow Australian bowls international

Claire Duke Claire Duke married name Claire Turley is an Australian international Lawn Bowls player. Bowls career In 2010, she won the silver medal in the triples at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the Women's triples event. She has won two silver medals ...

in 2013. He won three gold medals and one silver medal at the

Asia Pacific Bowls Championships The Asia Pacific Bowls Championships formerly the Pacific Rim Championships was a bowls, lawn bowling competition held between national bowls organisations in the Asia Pacific region. The event was inaugurated in 1985, and it was initially held ...

. Despite being Australian he won the 2005 fours title at the

New Zealand National Bowls Championships The New Zealand National Bowls Championships is organised by Bowls New Zealand. Bowls was introduced in New Zealand in 1861 but the first national championships were not held until 1914. Men's singles champions Men's pairs champions Men's fou ...

when bowling for the Taren Point Bowls Club.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Turley, Wayne Australian male bowls players Living people 1972 births Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people)