Carla Banks

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Carla Banks
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born (1999-02-08) 8 February 1999 (age 24) [1]
Sport
Sport Lawn bowls
ClubInverurie BC (outdoors)
Garioch IBC (indoors)
Medal record
Women's bowls
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Gold Coast fours

Carla Banks (born 1999) is a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler. [1]

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Bowls career

Banks won the 2015 Under 18 National Singles and the 2017 Under 25 National Singles. [1]

In 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia, as the women's team travelling reserve but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] She made her debut at the World Indoor Championships during the 2021 World Indoor Bowls Championship [3] and reached the mixed pairs final with Robert Paxton before losing out to Stewart Anderson and Julie Forrest in the final. [4]

In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent Scotland at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. [5] She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events. [6] [7] In the fours, her team won the bronze medal.

Family

Her father Colin Banks and her brother Jason Banks are both international bowlers. [2] [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Carla Banks profile". Henselite.
  2. 1 2 "World Bowls Championships 2020 Team Announcement". Bowls Scotland.
  3. ↑ "Draw and results". World Bowls.
  4. ↑ "Julie Forrest: Borders bowler wins world championships title". Peebleshire News. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Men's Super Series along with current Women's National Champions taking the Ladies Title". Bowls Scotland.
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