Jamie Chestney (born 15 November 1986) is an English male international lawn and indoor bowler.

Bowls career

International achievements

His first major international medal came in 2011 when he won the singles and triples gold medals at the

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. The following year he gained a

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at the

2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Lockleys Bowling Club in Adelaide, Australia, from 24 November to 9 December 2012. Some of the qualifying rounds were held at the nearby Holdfast Bowling Club in Glenelg North. Leif Se ...

in the pairs competition with

Graham Shadwell Graham Anthony George Shadwell (born 1975) is an English international bowls player. Bowls career Shadwell won two bronze medals at consecutive World Outdoor Championships in 2008 in the fours with Mark Bantock, Stephen Farish and Robert Ne ...

. Two years later he competed for England in the men's fours at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

where he won a

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. He finished runner-up in the 2016 International Open and the following year won the Cooperative Funeralcare International Open. In 2018, he won the World Indoor Open Pairs title with Mark Dawes and then won the Mixed Pairs title the following day with

Lesley Doig Lesley Jayne Doig (born 13 August 1991) is a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler. Doig won a bronze medal in the 2015 World Junior Championship before achieving a notable success by winning the silver medal in the singles at the 20 ...

. In 2018 he was also selected as part of the English team for the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

on the Gold Coast in Queensland where he claimed a

in the Fours with David Bolt, Louis Ridout and Sam Tolchard. Chestney won a third world indoor title when winning the open pairs at 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 ...

for the second time with Mark Dawes. In 2022, he competed in the men's triples and the men's fours at the

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ...

. The team of Chestney, Nick Brett and Louis Ridout won the triples gold medal and in the fours he also secured a bronze medal.

National achievements

Chestney is a three times national champion, winning National Championship titles in 2004, 2009 and 2021. Chestney was aged just 17 when he won the pairs title with Ian Wynter in 2004. He was also part of the Kings Bowls Club, who have won the Top Club championship four years running from 2016-2019. National titles *2004 Bowls England National Championships (Men's Pairs) *2009 Bowls England National Championships (Men's Junior Singles) *2021 Bowls England National Championships (Men's Champion of Champions)

Personal life

In 2015, he married fellow bowls international

Natalie Melmore Natalie Melmore (married name Natalie Chestney, born 28 July 1989 in Torquay) is a lawn bowler from Newton Abbot. Bowls career Natalie represented England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games where she won a gold medal in the women's singles event. ...

. In 2020, he joined the

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staff as a its Membership Register Project Officer.

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