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Mark Walton (bowls)
Mark Walton (born 1966) is an English international lawn bowler. Bowls career Walton won three English National titles in 2004 and 2006 representing the Nafferton Bowls Club and Yorkshire. By winning the National singles title he represented England at the World Singles Champion of Champions event and won the 2005 gold medal in Christchurch, New Zealand defeating Dwayne Cameron of New Zealand in the final. In 2007, he lost in the final of the national singles to Andrew Squire. In 2004 and 2008, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic singles and pairs titles. In between in 2005, Walton won the mixed pairs title with Michelle Roberts at the IIBC Championships ''This page is about the World Bowls Junior Indoor Championship. For the rival World Bowls Tour event, see World Indoor Bowls Championships.'' The World Bowls Junior Indoor Championship (formerly the IIBC Championships) are an annual indoor bowl .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Walton, Mark 1966 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Singles Champion Of Champions
The World Singles Champion of Champions is an event inaugurated in 2003 that is contested annually between bowlers who have won their respective national singles title. The event was first held in 2003 at the Moama Bowling Club in Moama, Australia. Traditionally the competition favours the Southern Hemisphere players because the Northern Hemisphere players have to travel to the event and compete on faster greens. Lee Schraner of Australia and Jo Edwards of New Zealand are the most successful bowlers having won two gold medals. Past winners Men's singles Women's singles +Ireland competes as one nation See also World Bowls Events References {{Bowls Competitions Bowls competitions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Isles Bowls Championships
The British Isles Bowls Championships is a tournament held between the champions of their respective nations, from England, Scotland, Wales, a combined Ireland, and more recently Guernsey and Jersey. It was first held in 1960 although the triples event did not start until 1977. The women's events started in June 1972, with the triples starting in 1982. The first women's singles winner was Lilian Nicholas of Wales. The first men's singles winner was Kenneth Coulson of England and the legendary David Bryant MBE holds the record for the most singles titles with four. The tournament is held the year after each of the National champions have been crowned. The 2020 edition was initially cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ... but bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowls
Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which players try to roll their ball (called a bowl) closest to a smaller ball (known as a "jack" or sometimes a "kitty"). The bowls are shaped (biased), so that they follow a curved path when being rolled. The game is played either in teams or one against one. The game was first played in the 13th century. The game is played on grass, although other surfaces are sometimes used. Matches are held either until one player gets to a score, or when a number of ''ends'' are played. The game is mostly played on a bowling green, which can vary by the type of bowls being played. Whilst the game is often played outdoors, there are indoor bowling venues, and can also be played on rollable carpets. For outdoor games, this is usually on grass; however, it can also be played on cotula in New Zealand. History Bowls is a variant of the ''boules'' games (Italian: ''bocce''), which, in their general form, are of ancient or prehistor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Bowls England Men's National Championships
The English Bowls Association was the governing body of bowls in England until 2007. From 2008 onwards, Bowls England was formed, which now runs the sport. The national finals for bowls are held annually, where either 1, 2 or 3 representatives from each county compete for the national titles. Below is a record of all English Bowls Association (EBA) and Bowls England champions. This is a unique record of these champions, as EBA and Bowls England champions will never be recorded together in official handbooks. In addition, only the name of the club of the successful participants has been recorded in the past. Bowls England was inaugurated after two associations unified to form it, the English Bowling Association (EBA) and the English Women's Bowling Association (EWBA). The events are categorised into national championships and national competitions, with the former being the blue riband events. The annual championships are currently held at the Royal Leamington Spa Bowling C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Medal
A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have been awarded in the arts, for example, by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, usually as a symbol of an award to give an outstanding student some financial freedom. Others offer only the prestige of the award. Many organizations now award gold medals either annually or extraordinarily, including various academic societies. While some gold medals are solid gold, others are gold-plated or silver-gilt, like those of the Olympic Games, the Lorentz Medal, the United States Congressional Gold Medal and the Nobel Prize medal. Nobel Prize medals consist of 18 karat green gold plated with 24 karat gold. Before 1980, they were struck in 23 karat gold. Military origins Before the establishment of standard military awards, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Squire (bowls)
Andrew Squire is an English male lawn bowler. Bowls career Squire became the English champion when he won the singles tournament during the 2007 National Championships, where he defeated Mark Walton in the final. He also finished runner-up to Louis Ridout in 2018. Squire bowls for Maldon Bowling Club and in 2018 broke a men's 90 year old county record when winning the premier singles competition for the sixth time. He also won all three singles championships, the four wood, the two wood and the Champion of Champions for a second time. In 2024, he finished runner-up behind Ken Weyland in the national senior singles at the 2024 Bowls England National Finals The 2024 Bowls England National Finals sponsored by Aviva, are a series of lawn bowls events to determine the National champions of England. The Championships are being held from 15 August to 1 September 2024, at the Royal Leamington Spa Bowls .... References Living people English male bowls players Year o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong International Bowls Classic
The Hong Kong International Bowls Classic is a highly prestigious event in the lawn bowls calendar. It began as a men's pairs competition in 1981, with a men's singles event added in 1983. In 2008, the program was expanded to include singles and pairs competitions for women. The event was cancelled in 2019 due to the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests and the 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Men's Finalists Women's Finalists See also * World Bowls Events These are the premier International Bowls Events between national bowls organisations affiliated to World Bowls, the Professional Bowls Association, PBA, World Bowls Tour and the International Indoor Bowls Council, IIBC. Calendar Outdoor ... References {{Bowls Competitions Bowls competitions Bowls in Hong Kong International sports competitions hosted by Hong Kong Annual sporting events in Hong Kong Recurring sporting events established in 1981 1981 establishments i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IIBC Championships
''This page is about the World Bowls Junior Indoor Championship. For the rival World Bowls Tour event, see World Indoor Bowls Championships.'' The World Bowls Junior Indoor Championship (formerly the IIBC Championships) are an annual indoor bowls world championship event for the under–25 age group, run by the governing body of the sport, World Bowls in collaboration with the International Indoor Bowls Council (IIBC). History The under–25 age group events were established in 1998 and continue today. From 2000 until 2019 there were disciplines at senior level. In 2019, the IIBC came to an agreement with the World Bowls organisation. The agreement was to merge their two international indoor championships, the IIBC Championships and the World Cup Singles. The new event would be called the World Bowls Indoor Championships. In 2004, the mixed pairs event was added to the under 25 championships for the first time. In 2005, Guernsey Guernsey ( ; Guernésiais: ''Guernés ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 Births
Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). * January 10 ** Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ** Georgia House of Representatives, The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. * January 15 – 1966 Nigerian coup d'état: A bloody military coup is staged in Nigeria, deposing the civilian government and resulting in the death of Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. * January 17 ** The Nigerian coup is overturned by another faction of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
