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Ross Owen

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Ross Owen
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Born (1994-01-06) 6 January 1994 (age 30)
Mountain Ash, Wales
Sport
ClubHarlequins (outdoors)
Cynon Valley (indoors)
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking21 (August 2024)
Medal record
Representing  Wales
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham triples
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Paphos fours
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Cardiff fours
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 fours
Gold medal – first place 2019 triples
Gold medal – first place 2024 singles
Welsh Nationals
Gold medal – first place 2023 singles
Gold medal – first place 2018 triples
Gold medal – first place 2017, 2024 fours

Ross Owen (born 6 January 1994) is a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler.[1][2]

Bowls career

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Owen won the Welsh National Bowls Championships fours in 2017 and the following year the triples, both National titles were won when bowling for Harlequins BC.[3] He was the National Indoor Pairs Champion in 2014.[4] In 2015 he won the fours bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[5]

Owen bowls for Harlequins (outdoors) and Cynon Valley (indoors)[6] and was selected for the Welsh team for the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Avonhead, Christchurch, New Zealand[7] and the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia.

In 2019, he won the fours bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[8] and in 2020, he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9] In 2021, Owen reached the final of the pairs and fours at the 2021 Welsh National Bowls Championships.[10]

In 2022, he competed in the men's triples, where he won a bronze medal and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[11]

In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent Wales at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[12] He participated in the men's triples and the men's fours events.[13][14] Also in 2023, he won his third national title but first singles at the Welsh nationals.

In 2024, he won the singles title at the British Isles Bowls Championships.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Welsh International Team 2017". Welsh Bowling Association.
  2. ^ "INTERNATIONAL TEAM 2018". Welsh Indoor Bowls.
  3. ^ "Kevin James Is Welsh Men's Singles Champion". Bowls International.
  4. ^ "Ross Owen". Taylor Bowls.
  5. ^ "2015 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Honours Board". RTB Ebbw Vale B.C.
  7. ^ "Ebbw Vale pair heading to New Zealand for World Championships". South Wales Argus.
  8. ^ "2019 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Latest News". Welsh Bowls.
  10. ^ "2021 National Finals". Welsh Bowls. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  12. ^ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  13. ^ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  14. ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  15. ^ "British Bowls Championships report". Bowls England. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
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