Natalie Melmore

Natalie Chestney

Personal information
Birth name	Natalie Melmore
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1989-07-28) 28 July 1989 (age 35) Torquay, England
Sport
Sport	Lawn bowls
Medal record Representing   England World Outdoor Championships 2012 Adelaide women's singles Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi women's singles 2014 Glasgow women's singles 2014 Glasgow women's pairs 2022 Birmingham women's triples Atlantic Bowls Championships 2011 Paphos singles 2011 Paphos triples 2019 Cardiff singles 2019 Cardiff pairs British Isles Championships 2015 singles 2012 fours 2017 pairs 2017 triples 2019 fours

Natalie Melmore (married name Natalie Chestney, born 28 July 1989 in Torquay) is a lawn bowler from Newton Abbot. ^[1]

Bowls career

Natalie represented England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games where she won a gold medal in the women's singles event. ^[2] In 2011 she won the singles and triples silver medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. ^[3]

Natalie went on to win a further two silver medals in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the women's singles and women's pairs events with partner Jamie-Lea Winch.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2016 she secured a fourth and fifth National title win ^[4] and in 2018 was part of the fours that won the National Championships. ^[5] After her 2014 singles success she subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 2015. ^[6]

She was selected as part of the English team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland. ^[7] In 2019 she won the singles and pairs bronze medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. ^[8]

In 2022, she competed in the women's triples and the Women's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. ^[9] She won the gold medal in the triples with Jamie-Lea Winch and Sian Honnor. ^[10]

Personal life

In 2015, she married Jamie Chestney. ^[11]

References

1. THE ENGLAND TEAM | Sporting Life | Commonwealth Games, Delhi 2010, Medal Table Archived 25 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
2. Commonwealth Games 2010: England & Wales win bowls gold
3. "2011 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
4. "Past Records". Bowls England.
5. "2018 Fours results" (PDF). Bowls England.
6. "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
7. "2018 Commonwealth Games team". Team England.
8. "2019 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
9. "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
10. "England beat Malaysia to win women's triple lawn bowls gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
11. "OCommonwealth Games bowler Natalie Melmore to take 2015 off". BBC Sport.

External links

• Natalie Chestney at Team England
• Natalie Melmore at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Natalie Chestney at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Natalie Melmore at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Natalie Chestney at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Natalie Chestney at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games