Caroline Brown (bowls)

Caroline Brown

Personal information
Born	(1980-08-27) 27 August 1980 (age 45) Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Sport
Sport	Bowls
Club	Motherwell BC (outdoors) Blantyre Miners Welfare (indoors)
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	35 (August 2024)
Medal record Women's bowls Representing   Scotland World Outdoor Championships 2012 Adelaide fours 2012 Adelaide triples 2012 Adelaide team 2023 Gold Coast fours Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast triples World Indoor Bowls Championships 2007 Yarmouth singles Atlantic Bowls Championships 2009 Johannesburg pairs 2019 Cardiff triples 2019 Cardiff singles World Cup Singles 2014 Warilla singles British Isles Championships 2011 singles

Caroline Brown (born 27 August 1980) is a Scottish international indoor and lawn and indoor bowls player.

Bowls career

Brown was born in Bellshill, ^[1] North Lanarkshire on 27 August 1980. ^[2]

She won the 2007 World Indoor Bowls Championship women's singles and five years later who won a gold and bronze medal at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. ^[3]

In 2009, she won the pairs gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. ^{[4] [5]}

After winning the 2010 Scottish National Bowls Championships she subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 2011. ^[6]

She won the gold medal at the 2014 World Cup Singles in Warilla, New South Wales, Australia. ^{[7] [8]}

In 2018, she was selected as part of the Scottish team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland that won a silver medal in the Triples with Kay Moran and Stacey McDougall. ^[2] In 2019 she won the triples silver medal and singles bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. ^[9]

In 2022, she competed in the women's triples and the Women's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. ^[10] In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent Scotland at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. ^[11] She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events. ^{[12] [13]} In the fours, her team won the bronze medal.

Personal life

Brown works as a Senior Improvement Officer for NHS Lanarkshire. ^[14]

References

1. "Caroline Brown looking to go one better at 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham". Glasgow Times. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
2. "2018 Commonwealth Games profile". Team Scotland.
3. "Caroline Brown spotlight". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
4. "2009 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 14 March 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
5. "Bowls" . The Times. 18 May 2009. p. 61. Retrieved 21 May 2021– via The Times Digital Archive.
6. "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
7. "Past results" (PDF). World Bowls.com.
8. "Caroline Brown becomes first Scottish woman to win World Cup in Australia". Bowls Scotland. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
9. "2019 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
10. "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
11. "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
12. "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
13. "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
14. "Caroline aims for gold at 2022 Commonwealth Games | NHS Lanarkshire". nhslanarkshire. Retrieved 6 August 2023.

External links

• Caroline Brown at North Lanarkshire Sporting Hall Of Fame
• Caroline Brown at Team Scotland
• Caroline Brown at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Caroline Brown at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Caroline Brown at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Caroline Brown at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games