Graham Anthony George Shadwell (born 1975) is an English international

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player.

Bowls career

Shadwell won the 1999 national junior singles defeating Robert Newman in the final. Shadwell won two bronze medals at consecutive World Outdoor Championships in

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in the fours with Mark Bantock, Stephen Farish and Robert Newman and in

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in the pairs with Jamie Chestney. In between the two World Championships he won another bronze medal in the

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with Bantock and Newman at the lawn bowls competition at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. In 2009 he won the triples and fours silver medals at the

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and in 2011 he won the triples gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. In 2015 he won the pairs bronze medal at the Atlantic Championships. In 2004 & 2008, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs titles with Mark Walton. He was selected to represent England at the

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but had to pull out and has won the English Indoor Bowling Association's Champion of Champions title twice.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shadwell, Graham 1975 births Living people English male bowls players Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls