Hiren Bhartu

Last updated

Hiren Bhartu
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1958-05-14) 14 May 1958 (age 66)
Fiji
Medal record
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Christchurch Men's triples

Hirendra Bhartu (born May 14, 1958) is a Canadian professional indoor and lawn bowler from Suva, Fiji. [1] He has won nine Canadian national titles in Men's Singles and Pairs as well as Mixed Pairs. [2]

Contents

Bowls career

Hirendra began his lawn bowling career at Nanaimo Lawn Bowling Club in 1995. In 2006, after honing his talent for indoor bowls at the Pacific Indoor Club in Vancouver, BC, he catapulted onto the international lawn bowling scene by soundly defeating his Canadian counterparts in all 4 of the Canadian PBA qualifiers in order to play in the World Bowls Tour. This accomplishment allowed him to compete with some of the finest lawn bowlers in the world in 4 prestigious events; the Scottish International Masters in Perth Scotland, [3] Potters World Indoor Singles, [4] and the Engage International Open, [5]

Hirendra Represented Canada at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship held in Christchurch, NZ, winning a bronze medal. [6]

Hirendra went on to represent Canada at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Delhi as vice on the men's triples team. The team did not make the play-offs.

Hirendra is currently bowling as a member of Bowls BC out of the North Island Zone on Vancouver Island. In 2015 Hirendra won the BC Provincial Championship in Men's Pairs (4th win) and Mixed Pairs (5th win).

In 2022, he qualified to represent Canada at the 2022 World Bowls Indoor Championships. The event had been cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [7] [8]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tim Mason (bowls)</span> Canadian bowls player

Timothy Mason is a Canadian lawn bowler from Penetanguishene, Ontario.

Stewart Anderson is a Scottish international bowls player and a world champion indoors.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Darren Burnett</span> Scottish bowls player

Darren William Burnett is a Scottish lawn bowler and indoor bowler.

Aron Sherriff is an international Australian lawn and indoor bowler. He has won three world championship titles and was ranked world number 1 in June 2024. In 2024 he announed his retirement from international representation.

William Jackson is an English international indoor and lawn bowler.

John Haydn Price is a former Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler and current bowls commentator.

David Gourlay is a Scottish international lawn & indoor bowler from the Prestwick Bowling Club and Crookston Bowling Club. He is also a Commonwealth Games medal winning coach.

Jason John Greenslade is a Welsh international indoor and lawn bowler. After moving to Guernsey in 2022 he later represented them in competition.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gary Kelly (bowls)</span> Northern Irish bowls player

Gary Kelly is an Australian based Northern Irish international indoor and lawn bowler.

Tony Grantham is a New Zealand international lawn and indoor bowler.

Iain Donald Smith McLean is a Scottish international lawn bowler.

Damain Doubler is a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler.

Andrew Kelly is a New Zealand international lawn and indoor bowler.

Ross Owen is a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jordan Kos</span> Canadian lawn bowler

Jordan Audra Sargent Kos is a female international Canadian lawn bowler.

The 2022 World Bowls Indoor Championships took place at County of Bristol IBC, Bristol, England, from 25 to 29 April 2022. The event was organised by World Bowls and the International Indoor Bowls Council (IIBC).

Wattana Kadkhunthod is an international Thai lawn and indoor bowler.

Loren Dion is an international lawn bowler from the United States.

Harry Goodwin is an English international lawn and Indoor bowler.

Darren Gualtieri is a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler.

References

  1. ↑ "World Bowls Singles Ranking List Top 12". Worldbowlsltd.co.uk. 6 April 2012. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Bowls Canada Boulingrin: National Championship Results". Bowlscanada.com. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Warner- Results per Day". Worldbowlstour.com. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "Potters World Indoor Singles 2005 - Singles". Worldbowlstour.com. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "engage International Open 2006 - engage Int Open 2006". Worldbowlstour.com. 6 November 2005. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  6. ↑ "Stadnyk places third at worlds". Nigeria This Week. 8 February 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "Preview a new World Championship" (PDF). Bristol Indoor Bowls. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "World Bowls Indoor Championships". World Bowls. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.