Jason Banks (born 1996) is a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler. He reached a career high ranking of world number 1 in March 2025.

Bowls career

Banks reached the 2014 National Indoor Singles final and in 2019 won the National Under 25 Singles. In 2019 he won the Junior singles title at the

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. In 2017, he won three medals at the

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. In 2020, he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia as the men's team travelling reserve but the event was cancelled due to the

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. In 2022, he won fours gold and pairs bronze at the European Bowls Championships. Banks recorded his best result to date when he reached the final of the

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, he was unlucky to lose to Jamie Walker after playing so consistently in the final. In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent Scotland at the

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. He participated in the men's pairs and the men's fours events. In the pairs with Iain McLean, they won their group undefeated but were then knocked out in the quarter finals by Australia. One week later in the fours partnering

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, Paul Foster and Alex Marshall, the team won their group before reaching the final against Australia, where he won a silver medal after losing 12–10. Playing with

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, Banks won the open pairs title at the 2025 World Indoor Bowls Championship, defeating

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in the final and then the following day he claimed the mixed pairs title, teaming with Beth Riva to beat Paul Foster and Katherine Rednall in the final. Banks became the first player in the history of the WBT World Indoor Championship to win three events at one Championships, when he won the open singles title on the final day of the 2025 edition.

Family

His father Colin Banks and his sister Carla Banks are both international bowlers.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Banks, Jason Scottish male bowls players 1996 births Living people 21st-century Scottish sportsmen Indoor Bowls World Champions