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| Born | 7 January 1996 Ipswich, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Ipswich & District (indoors) Felixstowe & Suffolk BC (outdoors) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 7 (June 2024) [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Katherine Rednall (born 7 January 1996) is an English lawn and indoor bowler from Stowmarket. She is record six times women's world indoor singles champion.
Rednall became the youngest ever winner of a World Indoor Bowls title after she won the 2014 World Indoor Bowls Championship Women's Singles at the age of just 18. [3] Rednall reached the final of the 2015 World Indoor Bowls Championship losing out to Laura Thomas in the decider. [4] Rednall experienced further success after winning the Mixed Pairs title in 2016 with bowls partner Darren Burnett. [5]
She won a second singles title in 2017 after defeating Ellen Falkner in the final [6] and a third singles title during the 2018 World Indoor Bowls Championship defeating Rebecca Field in the final. [7]
During the 2021 World Indoor Bowls Championship she was seven months pregnant and performed well reaching the women's final, the mixed pairs semi final and was also the first woman to reach the Open singles quarter final. [8] [9] The following year during the 2022 World Indoor Bowls Championship, she won a record breaking fourth singles title. [10] [11]
At the 2023 World Indoor Bowls Championship, Rednall won her fifth women's singles to extend her record, she fought back after losing the first set to defeat Ceri Ann Glen in the tie break set. [12] Rednall started the year of 2024 in fine form, winning her sixth singles title at the 2024 World Indoor Bowls Championship, where she defeated Julie Forrest in the final. [13]
She was selected as part of the English team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland [14] where she won a bronze medal in the Triples with Ellen Falkner and Sian Honnor. [15] In 2019, she won two bronze medals at the European Bowls Championships. [16]
In 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [17] In 2023, she was selected again as part of the team to represent England at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. [18] She participated in the women's singles and the women's triples events. [19] [20] In the singles, Rednall won her group before reacing the semi final where she lost to Kelly McKerihen.
Rednall is the daughter of England international John Rednall. [21] She studied for a degree in fashion and textiles at the University of Essex and enjoys playing the saxophone. [15]
Ellen Marie Falkner is an English international lawn and indoor bowler from Cambridge, England. Falkner was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to lawn bowls.
Amy Pharaoh, also known as Amy Gowshall and Amy Monkhouse, is an English international lawn and indoor bowler.
Sian Honnor is an English international lawn bowler from Whitstable.
Alison Jayne Merrien is an indoor bowls player from Saint Peter Port, Guernsey.
Darren William Burnett is a Scottish lawn bowler and indoor bowler.
Sophie Tolchard is an English international lawn bowler.
Jamie-Lea Marshall is an English international lawn bowler.
Karen Anne Murphy is an Australian international lawn bowler and indoor bowler.
Robert Paxton is an English international outdoor and indoor bowls player.
Laura Daniels is a Welsh lawn and indoor bowler.
Rebecca Field married name Rebecca Willgress is an English international lawn & indoor bowls player. Field was the 2013 World Indoor singles champion.
Julie Forrest is a Scottish bowls player.
The 2016 Just Retirement World Indoor Bowls Championship was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton on Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 08-24 January 2016.
Nick Brett won the blue riband event for the first time after beating Robert Paxton in a competitive final. In the Open Pairs Stewart Anderson and Darren Burnett recorded their first title success. Burnett doubled up by winning the Mixed Pairs title with Katherine Rednall. Ellen Falkner won the Women's Singles defeating Rebecca Field in the final. This was Falkner's third title and was achieved ten years after her last success.
John Rednall is a former international lawn bowler and indoor bowls player from England. He announced his retirement from international bowls in May 2022 and earned over 100 caps for England.
The 2017 Just World Indoor Bowls Championship was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton on Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, on 13–29 January 2017.
Ellen Fife is an Australian international lawn and indoor bowler.
The 2019 Just World Indoor Bowls Championship was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 10–27 January 2019. The event is organised by the World Bowls Tour.
The 2021 Just World Indoor Bowls Championship took place at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 8–24 January 2021. The event was organised by the World Bowls Tour, televised by the BBC and streamed live on YouTube. The event was played behind closed doors and there was no under-25 competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a consequence of the pandemic there were no overseas players involved.
The 2022 Just World Indoor Bowls Championship took place at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 7–23 January 2022. The event is organised by the World Bowls Tour, and will be televised by the BBC and streamed live on YouTube.
This page is about the World Bowls Tour Championships.
