Michael Stepney

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Michael Stepney
Personal information
Born (1980-12-27) 27 December 1980 (age 44)
Elgin, Moray
Sport
Sportindoor bowls
ClubElgin (indoors)
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking23 (September 2024)
Medal record
Men's bowls
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Yarmouth Open Pairs
WB Indoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Bristol singles

Michael Stepney (born 1980) is a Scottish indoor bowler. [1]

Bowls career

He won the Scottish National Singles Championship in 2009 and the British Isles Singles Championship the following year. [1] In 2017, he finished runner-up in the Scottish International Open, losing out to David Gourlay. This helped him break into the World's top 16 during 2018. [2] [3]

In 2022, Stepney won the men's singles gold medal at the inaugural World Bowls Indoor Championships, defeating Stewart Anderson in the final. [4]

Playing with Jason Banks, Stepney won the open pairs title at the 2025 World Indoor Bowls Championship, defeating Jason Greenslade and Robert Paxton in the final. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Profile". World Bowls Tour. 4 April 2018.
  2. "2017 SCHEDULE AND SCORES". World Bowls Tour. July 2017.
  3. "Bowls Scottish Open: Michael Stepney & David Gourlay into final". BBC Sport. 10 November 2017.
  4. "WATCH: Moray bowler Michael Stepney crowned as world singles champion at the World Bowls Indoor Championships in Bristol after a thrilling last-bowl victory over fellow Scotland international Stewart Anderson". The Northern Scot. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  5. "Ambassador Cruise Line World Indoor Bowls Championships open pairs winners crowned". Bowls International. Retrieved 21 January 2025.