Brett Morley

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Brett Morley
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1960-05-28)28 May 1960
Sport
ClubPlessey Bowling Club (outdoor)
Nottingham (indoor)
Medal record
Representing Flag of England.svg
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Worthing fours
British Isles Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1995singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2002triples

Brett Morley (born 1960) is an England international lawn and indoor bowler. [1]

Bowls career

He followed his father Stanley Morley in gaining international honours [2] and won a gold medal in the fours with Andy Thomson, David Cutler and John Bell at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing. [3]

He also represented England at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the fours event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [4]

Morley was the National champion [5] in 1994 [6] and subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1995. [7] He had previously won the national junior singles in 1984. [8]

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References

  1. "Brett Morley Profile". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  2. Newby, Donald (1988). The Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook. Telegraph Publications. ISBN   0-86367-220-5.
  3. "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
  4. "1998 Athletes". Team England.
  5. "Past Records". Bowls England.
  6. "Morley's title" . Birmingham Daily Post. 10 September 1994. Retrieved 19 August 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  8. "Allan, G. (1984) 'Bowls'" . The Times. 17 September 1984. p. 23. Retrieved 28 August 2023 via The Times Digital Archive.