Lawn bowls at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Lawn bowls was among the sports contested at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, to be held in England. This was the twenty-first staging of lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games having featured in every Games bar 1966, and the third staging within England specifically.

Lawn bowls
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
VenueVictoria Park
Dates29 July – 6 August 2022
Competitors227 from 24 nations
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Lawn bowls competition at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

The competition was scheduled to take place between 29 July and 6 August 2022, spread across eleven events (including three parasport events).[1][2]

Schedule

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The competition schedule was as follows:[1][2]

G Group stage ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
Date
Event
Fri 29 Sat 30 Sun 31 Mon 1 Tue 2 Wed 3 Thu 4 Fri 5 Sat 6
Session → M A M A M A M A M A M A M A M A M A
Men's singles G G G ¼ ½ B F
Men's pairs G G G ¼ ½ B F
Men's triples G G G G ¼ ½ B F
Men's fours G G G ¼ ½ B F
Women's singles G G G ¼ ½ B F
Women's pairs G G G ¼ ½ B F
Women's triples G G G ¼ ½ B F
Women's fours G G G ¼ ½ B F
Parasport
Men's pairs B6–8 G G G ½ B F
Women's pairs B6–8 G G G ½ B F
Mixed pairs B2–3 G G G G G ½ B F

Venue

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The lawn bowls competition will be held at the Victoria Park bowling greens in Leamington Spa.[3][4]

Qualification (parasport)

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A total of 36 parasport bowlers (18 pairs) nominally qualify to compete at the Games.[5][6] They qualify for each event as follows:

  • One pair from the host nation.
  • Five pairs (one per nation, excluding the hosts) receive a CGF / International Bowls for the Disabled (IBD) Bipartite Invitation.

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (England)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Australia3306
2  Scotland3025
3  England*2237
4  Wales1113
5  India1102
  Northern Ireland1102
7  Malaysia0112
  South Africa0112
9  Guernsey0101
10  New Zealand0033
Totals (10 entries)11111133

Medallists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Singles
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Aaron Wilson
  Australia
Gary Kelly
  Northern Ireland
Iain McLean
  Scotland
Pairs
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  Wales
Daniel Salmon
Jarrad Breen
  England
Jamie Walker
Sam Tolchard
  Scotland
Paul Foster
Alex Marshall
Triples
details
  England
Louis Ridout
Nick Brett
Jamie Chestney
  Australia
Barrie Lester
Carl Healey
Ben Twist
  Wales
Owain Dando
Ross Owen
Jonathan Tomlinson
Fours
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  Northern Ireland
Sam Barkley
Adam McKeown
Ian McClure
Martin McHugh
  India
Sunil Bahadur
Navneet Singh
Chandan Kumar Singh
Dinesh Kumar
  England
Louis Ridout
Nick Brett
Jamie Chestney
Sam Tolchard

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Singles
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Ellen Ryan
  Australia
Lucy Beere
  Guernsey
Siti Zalina Ahmad
  Malaysia
Pairs
details
  Australia
Kristina Krstic
Ellen Ryan
  England
Amy Pharaoh
Sophie Tolchard
  New Zealand
Katelyn Inch
Selina Goddard
Triples
details
  England
Jamie-Lea Winch
Natalie Chestney
Sian Honnor
  Malaysia
Nur Ain Nabilah Tarmizi
Syafiqa Haidar Afif Abdul Rahman
Azlina Arshad
  New Zealand
Nicole Toomey
Tayla Bruce
Val Smith
Fours
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  India
Rupa Rani Tirkey
Nayanmoni Saikia
Lovely Choubey
Pinki Singh
  South Africa
Thabelo Muvhango
Bridget Calitz
Esme Kruger
Johanna Snyman
  New Zealand
Selina Goddard
Nicole Toomey
Tayla Bruce
Val Smith

Para-sport

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's pairs B6–8
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  Scotland
Garry Brown
Kevin Wallace
  Australia
Damien Delgado
Chris Flavel
  England
Craig Bowler
Kieran Rollings
Women's pairs B6–8
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  Scotland
Rosemary Lenton
Pauline Wilson
  Australia
Serena Bonnell
Cheryl Lindfield
  South Africa
Desiree Levin
Victoria van der Merwe
Mixed pairs B2–3
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  Scotland
Melanie Inness
George Miller
Robert Barr
Sarah Jane Ewing
  Wales
Julie Thomas
Mark Adams
Gordon LLewellyn
John Wilson
  England
Alison Yearling
Susan Wherry
Chris Turnbull
Mark Wherry

Participating nations

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There were 24 participating Commonwealth Games Associations (CGA's) in lawn bowls with a total of 227 (118 men and 109 women) athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Competition Schedule". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b Competition Schedule | Lawn Bowls and Para Lawn Bowls (PDF). BOCCG. pp. 25, 26. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Leamington to host Commonwealth Games bowls events in 2022". WarwickshireWorld. 21 December 2017. Archived from the original on 17 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Venues | VICTORIA PARK". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  5. ^ Athlete Allocation System | Para Lawn Bowls (PDF). Commonwealth Sport / International Bowls for the Disabled. 18 November 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  6. ^ Angus, Stevie (9 February 2021). "IBD Outdoor World Championships 2021". Disability Bowls England. Archived from the original on 22 February 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Lawn Bowls and Para Lawn Bowls Number of Entries by CGA" (PDF). www.results.birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organizing Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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