Best Lawn and Indoor Bowlers In The World | A Helpful Guide

  • By: Reece Williams
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Learn more about your favourite lawn bowlers. Bios with lists of title won, and what brands and models they use.

Best Lawn and Indoor Bowlers In The World | A Helpful Guide

Here is a selection of some of the best bowlers in the world right now. We have broken down their best performaces to date, and we have scowered the latest archives to see what makes and models they are using.

Table of Contents

Stewart ANDERSON

Stewart ANDERSON lawn bowls

Titles

World Indoor Championships

Gold medal – first place 2013 Men’s singles

Gold medal – first place 2016 Men’s pairs

Gold medal – first place 2019 Men’s singles

SOURCE: wikipedia.org

Born

23rd July 1955

Nationality

English

What bowls does Stuart Anderson use?

Stuart Anderson uses Taylor bowls. In the 2020 World Indoor Championships, he used a set of Taylor Ace.

Nicky BRETT

Nicky BRETT lawn bowls

Titles

World Indoor Bowls Championships

Gold medal – first place 2014 Men’s pairs

Gold medal – first place 2016 Men’s singles

Gold medal – first place 2017 Mixed pairs

Gold medal – first place 2020 Open pairs

Gold medal – first place 2020 Mixed pairs

SOURCE: wikipedia.org

Born

14th May 1974

Nationality

English

What bowls does Nicky Brett use?

Nicky Brett uses Henselite bowls. In the 2020 World Indoor Championships, he used a set of Henselite Tiger II.

Mark Dawes

Mark Dawes lawn bowls

Titles

World Indoor Bowls Championships

Gold medal – first place 2018 Open singles

Gold medal – first place 2018 Open pairs

SOURCE: wikipedia.org

Born

7th January 1983

Nationality

English

What bowls does Mark Dawes use?

Mark Dawes uses Henselite bowls. At the World Indoor Championships 2020, he used Henselite Tiger Pro.

Julie FORREST

Julie FORREST lawn bowls

Titles

World Indoor Championships

Gold medal – first place 2019 Ladies Singles

Gold medal – first place 2020 Ladies Singles

SOURCE: wikipedia.org

Born

3rd November 1968

Nationality

Scottish

What bowls does Julie Forrest use?

Julie Forrest uses Henselite bowls. At the World Indoor Championships 2020, she used Henselite Tiger Pro

Paul FOSTER

Paul FOSTER lawn bowls

Titles

World Outdoor Championships

Gold medal – first place 2012 Men’s Pairs

Commonwealth Games

Gold medal – first place 2006 Men’s Pairs

Gold medal – first place 2014 Men’s Pairs

Gold medal – first place 2014 Men’s Fours

Gold medal – first place 2018 Men’s Fours

World Indoor Championships

Gold medal – first place 1998 Men’s Singles

Gold medal – first place 2001 Men’s Singles

Gold medal – first place 2002 Men’s Pairs

Gold medal – first place 2005 Men’s Singles

Gold medal – first place 2011 Men’s Singles

Gold medal – first place 2011 Men’s Pairs

Gold medal – first place 2012 Men’s Pairs

Gold medal – first place 2013 Men’s Pairs

Gold medal – first place 2013 Mixed Pairs

Gold medal – first place 2014 Mixed Pairs

Gold medal – first place 2017 Men’s Singles

Gold medal – first place 2019 Men’s Pairs

SOURCE: wikipedia.org

Born

13th March 1973

Nationality

Scottish

What bowls does Paul Foster use?

Paul Foster uses Aero bowls. In the 2020 World Indoor Championships, he used a set of Aero GroVe.

Les GILLETT

Les GILLETT lawn bowls

Titles

World Indoor Championships

Gold medal – first place 2001 Men’s Pairs

Gold medal – first place 2017 Open Pairs

SOURCE: wikipedia.org

Born

17th November 1970

Nationality

English

What bowls does Les Gillett use?

Les Gillett uses Drakes Pride bowls. At the World Indoor Championships 2020, he used Drakes Pride Professionals.

Greg HARLOW

Greg HARLOW lawn bowls

Titles

World Indoor Bowls Championships

Gold medal – first place 2007 Mixed pairs

Gold medal – first place 2010 Men’s singles

Gold medal – first place 2014 Men’s pairs

Gold medal – first place 2020 Open pairs

SOURCE: wikipedia.org

Born

6th July 1968

Nationality

English

What bowls does Greg Harlow use?

Gregg Harlow uses Henselite bowls. In the 2020 World Indoor Championships, he used a set of Henselite Tiger Evo.

Mervyn KING

Mervyn KING lawn bowls

Titles

World Indoor Championships

Gold medal – first place 1997 Men’s pairs

Gold medal – first place 2005 Men’s pairs

Gold medal – first place 2006 Men’s singles

Gold medal – first place 2009 Men’s pairs

SOURCE: wikipedia.org

Born

4th January 1966

Nationality

English

What bowls does Mervyn King use?

Mervyn King uses Taylor bowls. At the World Indoor Championships 2020, he used Taylor Aces.

Barrie LESTER

Barrie LESTER lawn bowls

Titles

No major titles

Born

24th January 1982

Nationality

Australian

What bowls does Barrie Lester use?

Barry Lester uses Aero bowls. At the World Championships 2016, he used Aero Optima bowls.

Alex MARSHALL

Alex MARSHALL lawn bowls

Titles

World Outdoor Championships

Gold medal – first place 1992 Worthing Men’s Pairs

Gold medal – first place 1992 Worthing Men’s Fours

Gold medal – first place 1992 Worthing Men’s Team

Gold medal – first place 1996 Adelaide Men’s Team

Gold medal – first place 2000 Johannesburg Men’s Pairs

Gold medal – first place 2004 Ayr Men’s Team

Gold medal – first place 2012 Adelaide Men’s Pairs

Commonwealth Games

Gold medal – first place 2002 Men’s Pairs

Gold medal – first place 2006 Men’s Pairs

Gold medal – first place 2014 Men’s Pairs

Gold medal – first place 2014 Men’s Fours

Gold medal – first place 2018 Men’s Fours

World Indoor Championships

Gold medal – first place 1999 Men’s Singles

Gold medal – first place 2000 Men’s Pairs

Gold medal – first place 2003 Men’s Singles

Gold medal – first place 2004 Men’s Pairs

Gold medal – first place 2004 Mixed Pairs

Gold medal – first place 2007 Men’s Singles

Gold medal – first place 2008 Men’s Singles

Gold medal – first place 2010 Mixed Pairs

Gold medal – first place 2011 Men’s Pairs

Gold medal – first place 2012 Men’s Pairs

Gold medal – first place 2013 Men’s Pairs

Gold medal – first place 2015 Men’s Singles

Gold medal – first place 2019 Men’s Pairs

SOURCE: wikipedia.org

Born

8th February 1967

Nationality

Scottish

What bowls does Alex Marshall use?

Alex Marshall uses Aero bowls. In the 2020 World Indoor Championships, he used a set of Aero Quantum.

Karen MURPHY

Karen MURPHY lawn bowls

Titles

World Outdoor Championships

Gold medal – first place 2008 Ladies Fours

Gold medal – first place 2012 Ladies Singles

Gold medal – first place 2012 Ladies Triples

Gold medal – first place 2016 Ladies Singles

Commonwealth Games

Gold medal – first place 2006 Ladies Pairs

World Indoor Bowls Championships

Gold medal – first place 2012 Ladies Singles

SOURCE: wikipedia.org

Born

18th December 1974

Nationality

Australian

What bowls does Karen Murphy use?

Karen Murphy uses Aero bowls. At the World Championships 2016, she used Aero Optima bowls.

Robert PAXTON

Robert PAXTON lawn bowls

Titles

World Outdoor Championships

Gold medal – first place 2016 Men’s Triples

World Indoor Bowls Championships

Gold medal – first place 2015 Men’s pairs

Gold medal – first place 2015 Mixed pairs

Gold medal – first place 2019 Mixed pairs

Gold medal – first place 2020 Men’s singles

SOURCE: wikipedia.org

Born

11th June 1978

Nationality

English

What bowls does Robert Paxton use?

Robert Paxton uses Drakes Pride bowls. In the 2020 World Indoor Championships, he used a set of Drakes Pride Professionals.

Katherine REDNALL

Katherine REDNALL lawn bowls

Titles

World Indoor Bowls Championships

Gold medal – first place 2014 Women’s singles

Gold medal – first place 2016 Mixed pairs

Gold medal – first place 2017 Women’s singles

Gold medal – first place 2018 Women’s singles

SOURCE: wikipedia.org

Born

7th January 1996

Nationality

English

What bowls does Katherine Rednall use?

Katherine Rednall uses Henselite bowls. At the World Indoor Championships 2019, she used Henselite Tiger Pro.

Aron SHERRIFF

Aron SHERRIFF lawn bowls

Titles

World Outdoor Championships

Gold medal – first place 2012 Men’s Fours

World Singles Champion of Champions

Gold medal – first place 2010 Men’s Singles

SOURCE: wikipedia.org

Born

29th October 1985

Nationality

Australian

What bowls does Aron Sherriff use?

Aron Sherriff uses Aero bowls. In 2018, he used Aero Optima bowls.

Brett WILKIE

Brett WILKIE lawn bowls

Titles

World Bowls Championship

Gold medal – first place 2012 Men’s Fours

Gold medal – first place 2016 Men’s Pairs

World Singles Champion of Champions

Gold medal – first place 2009 Scotland Men’s Singles

SOURCE: wikipedia.org

Born

7th June 1974

Nationality

Australian

What bowls does Brett Wilkie use?

Brett Wilkie uses Aero bowls. At the World Championships 2016, he used Aero Optima bowls.

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