Katherine Hawes

Katherine Hawes

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1969-12-09) 9 December 1969 (age 55) [1]
Sport
Sport	Lawn / indoor bowls
Club	Oxford City & County BC
Medal record Women's lawn bowls Representing   England World Outdoor Championships 2000 Johannesburg Women's Triples Atlantic Bowls Championships 1997 Llandrindod Wells pairs 1999 Cape Town fours English Nationals 1992 triples 1997 singles2w 2010 CofC 2014 fours 2015, 2024 pairs

Katherine Elizabeth Alice Hawes-Watts (born 1969) is an English lawn and indoor bowler international. ^[2]

Bowls career

International events

In 1997 she won the pairs gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships with Mary Price. ^{[3] [4]}

The following year she represented England at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the pairs again with Mary Price, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ^{[5] [6]}

In 1999 she won a fours silver at the Atlantic Championships in Cape Town ^{[7] [8]} and the following year she won a triples silver medal at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg, South Africa. ^[9]

National events

Hawes won national titles ^[10] in 1992 (National triples), ^[11] 1997 (1997 National Two Wood singles) ^[12] 2010 (2010 National Champion of Champions), 2014 (National fours) and 2015 (National pairs).

At the 2021 Bowls England National Finals, she just missed out on winning a sixth title after finishing runner-up to Stef Branfield in the two wood singles, losing 16–10. ^[13]

In 2024, Hawes-Watts won the national pairs again, bowling with her close friend Lorraine Kuhler ^[14] for the Oxford City & County BC at the 2024 Bowls England National Finals. ^[15]

References

1. "Athlete profile". 2006 Commonwealth Games Federation.
2. "BOWLS: Katherine Hawes helps England to magnificent seven". Oxford Mail. 12 March 2015.
3. "Dunwoodie, G. (1997) 'Hawes and Price take title for England'" . The Times. 27 August 1997. p. 39. Retrieved 25 May 2021– via The Times Digital Archive.
4. "Dunwoodie, G. (1997) 'Price savours singular feat'" . The Times. 3 September 1997. p. 46. Retrieved 25 May 2021– via The Times Digital Archive.
5. "1998 Athletes". Team England.
6. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
7. "'Johnston maintains dominance' (1999)" . The Times. 29 March 1999. p. 31. Retrieved 25 May 2021– via The Times Digital Archive.
8. "'For the Record' (1999)" . The Times. 25 March 1999. p. 53. Retrieved 25 May 2021– via The Times Digital Archive.
9. "World Bowls Championships" (PDF). worldbowls.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
10. "Past Records". Bowls England.
11. "Champ Tims simply the best" . Birmingham Daily Post. 3 August 1992. Retrieved 14 August 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
12. "Bowls" . Birmingham Daily Post. 9 August 1997. Retrieved 21 August 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
13. "Daily Round Up". Bowls England. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
14. "Bowls star Kuhler on the lifelong friendships the game has given her". Oxford Mail. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
15. "2024 National Championships women's pairs". Bowls England. Retrieved 31 August 2024.