Lucy Beere

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Lucy Beere
MBE
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Guernsey)
Born (1982-07-07) 7 July 1982 (age 42)
Newport, Isle of Wight
Medal record
Representing Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Singles
World Singles Champion of Champions
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Gold Coastsingles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Gold Coastsingles
World Cup Singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Warilla singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Warilla singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Warilla singles
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2019 Cardiffsingles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2019 Cardiffpairs
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Cyprus singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Guernsey pairs
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Guernsey mixed four
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Guernsey team

Lucy Kate Beere MBE (born 7 July 1982) is a Guernsey international lawn and indoor bowler. [1]

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Bowls career

Outdoors

She has represented Guernsey at four Commonwealth Games; competing in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast [2] [3] and the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham where she won a silver medal in the singles event. [4]

In 2019, she won the singles and pairs silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships [5] and during the same year she won three gold medals at the European Bowls Championships. [6]

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. [7]

In 2022, she competed in the women's singles and the women's pairs at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [8] At the Games, Beere won Guernsey's first medal in 28 years, by winning the silver medal in the singles event [9] where she lost by 21 shots to 17 in the final to Australian Ellen Ryan. [10]

In 2023, she was selected again as part of the team to represent Guernsey at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. [11] She participated in the women's singles and the women's pairs events. [12] [13]

Shortly after the World Championships and still on the Gold Coast, Beere won the silver medal at the World Singles Champion of Champions for the second time, losing to Anne Nunes in the final, 2–5, 4–3, 3–6. [14]

Indoors

In 2018, she defeated Rebecca Van Asch in the final of the World Cup Singles [15] and has finished runner-up twice. [16]

Honours

Beere was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to bowls on Guernsey. [17]

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References

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  17. "No. 63918". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2022. p. N28.