Carla Banks (born 1999) is a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler.

Bowls career

Banks won the 2015 Under 18 National Singles and the 2017 Under 25 National Singles. In 2020, she was selected for the

2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was to be the 14th edition of the World Championships to be held at the Broadbeach Bowls Club, Musgrave Hill Bowls Club and Club Helensvale on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. There were to be e ...

in Australia, as the women's team travelling reserve but the event was cancelled due to the

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. She made her debut at the World Indoor Championships during the

2021 World Indoor Bowls Championship The 2021 Just World Indoor Bowls Championship took place at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 8–24 January 2021. The event was organised by the World Bowls Tour, televised by the BBC and streamed live on YouT ...

and reached the mixed pairs final with

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before losing out to Stewart Anderson and

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in the final. In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent Scotland at the

2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship is the 14th edition of the World Bowls Championship, held on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia from 29 August to 10 September. The event was long-awaited by the sport because the 2020 World Out ...

. She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events. In the fours, her team won the bronze medal. Banks won double silver in the triples and fours at the

2024 European Bowls Championships The 2024 European Bowls Championships was the 2024 edition of the European Bowls Championships, held at the Northfield Bowls Club, in Ayr, Scotland, from 3–8 September 2024. The event was organised by Bowls Europe Ltd and teams of five compe ...

Family

Her father Colin Banks and her brother Jason Banks are both international bowlers.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Banks, Carla Scottish female bowls players 1999 births Living people 21st-century Scottish sportswomen