Simon Skelton

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Simon Skelton
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NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1972-04-07) 7 April 1972 (age 50)

Simon Skelton is an English international lawn and indoor bowler. [1]

Bowls career

Simon bowls for the Nottingham indoor club and Stute outdoor bowls club. [2] During the 2002 Commonwealth Games he was part of the fours that won the gold medal with John Ottaway, Robert Newman and David Holt. [3]

In 2011 he won the mixed pairs title at the 2011 World Indoor Bowls Championship with Alison Merrien and four years later won the open pairs title with Robert Paxton. [4]

In addition to his international achievements he also won a National Championship title in 2009 representing Derbyshire and Stute BC. [5]

He reached the final of the open singles at the 2019 World Indoor Bowls Championship as a qualifier but lost to Stewart Anderson in the final. [6] [7] In November 2022, he finished runner-up in the Scottish International Open, losing in the final to Stewart Anderson. [8]

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References

  1. "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. "Skelton Player Profile". World Bowls Tour.
  3. "Athlete Profile". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. "Player Profile Simon Skelton". BBC Sport.
  5. "Past Records". Bowls England.
  6. "World Indoor Bowls: Stewart Anderson wins second title". BBC Sport.
  7. "Anderson claims second World Indoor title after beating Skelton in tie-break". Great Yarmouth Mercury.
  8. "Anderson claims Scottish International Open for the second time". Daily Record. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2023.