Mark Dawes

Mark Dawes

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1983-01-07) 7 January 1983 (age 42)
Sport
Sport	Lawn & indoor bowls
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	21 (November 2025) [1]
Medal record Men's bowls Representing   England World Indoor Bowls Championships 2018 Yarmouth Open singles 2018 Yarmouth Open pairs 2021 Yarmouth Open singles 2021 Yarmouth Open pairs

Mark Dawes (born 1983) is an English international lawn and indoor bowler and a four times world indoor champion. ^[2]

Bowls career

He won the Men's National Junior title in 2005 at the National Championships. ^[3] By 2014, he had reached a career high world indoor ranking of 8. ^[4]

In 2018, he won the World Indoor Open Pairs title with Jamie Chestney. ^[5] and then followed this by taking the World Open Singles Championship, defeating Robert Paxton in a hard fought final. Dawes had been the player of the tournament and Paxton did well to take the final to a tie break. ^[6]

In 2020, his indoor club, Blackpool Newton Hall BC, permanently closed and Dawes was forced to find a new club. ^[7]

Despite the loss of his club he won a third world indoor title when winning the open pairs at the 2021 World Indoor Bowls Championship for the second time with Jamie Chestney. ^{[8] [9]} Dawes then reproduced his good form to win the singles event for the second time, defeating Greg Harlow in the final 10-3 11-5 and record a fourth world indoor title in total. ^{[10] [11]}

References

1. "Male rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
2. "Profile". Henselite.
3. Woods, Jon (23 August 2006). "Cornish veteran plays part". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
4. "Mark Dawes". World Bowls Tour. 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
5. "Chestney & Dawes win Pairs Final". BBC Sport. 22 January 2018.
6. "World Indoor Bowls Championship: Mark Dawes beats Robert Paxton to win title". BBC Sport. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
7. "Fylde coast's only indoor bowling club will not reopen after lockdown". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
8. "Dawes And Chestney Win Second Open Pairs Title". Bowls International. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
9. "Second world pairs title for Mark Dawes following closure of Blackpool Newton Hall Indoor Bowling Club". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
10. "Blackpool bowls stalwart Mark Dawes crowned double world champion for second time". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
11. "Dawes beats Harlow to complete singles-pairs double at World Indoor Bowls Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 16 January 2025.