Catherine Anton

Catherine Popple
(née Catherine Anton)

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1965-05-05) 5 May 1965 (age 58) [1]
Sport
Club	Parkway BC Peterborough & District BC
Medal record Representing   England Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur fours Atlantic Bowls Championships 1999 Cape Town fours British Isles Championships 2006 triples 2005 fours 2008 fours

Catherine Ivy Anton (born 1965) married name Catherine Popple is a former English international lawn bowler. ^[2]

Bowls career

Anton represented England in the fours event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

In 1998 she represented England at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur and won a bronze medal in the fours event with Norma Shaw, Mandy Jacklin and Shirley Page. ^{[6] [7]}

In 1999 she won the fours silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. ^{[8] [9]}

Anton is also an eleven times national champion representing Huntingdonshire, one singles, one pairs, one triples, four fours and four junior. ^[10]

She married fellow bowler Stuart Popple. ^[11]

References

1. "Athlete profile". 2006 Commonwealth Games Federation.
2. "Catherine Anton profile". Bowls Tawa.
3. "1994 Athletes". Team England.
4. "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
5. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
6. "THOSE WERE THE DAYS... Local sporting highlights from this week in years gone by". Peterborough News.
7. "KUALA LUMPUR 1998: Bronze Medallists". Commonwealth Games England. Archived from the original on 31 January 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
8. "'Johnston maintains dominance' (1999)" . The Times. 29 March 1999. p. 31. Retrieved 25 May 2021– via The Times Digital Archive.
9. "'For the Record' (1999)" . The Times. 25 March 1999. p. 53. Retrieved 25 May 2021– via The Times Digital Archive.
10. "Past Records". Bowls England.
11. "Bowls: Leaders beat Brett, but can he topple Popple?". Peterborough News.