Carla Banks
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born (1999-02-08) 8 February 1999 [1]
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubInverurie BC (outdoors)
Garioch IBC (indoors)
Medal record
Women's bowls
Representing  Scotland
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Gold Coast fours

Carla Banks (born 1999) is a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

Bowls career

Banks won the 2015 Under 18 National Singles and the 2017 Under 25 National Singles.[1]

In 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia, as the women's team travelling reserve but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] She made her debut at the World Indoor Championships during the 2021 World Indoor Bowls Championship[3] and reached the mixed pairs final with Robert Paxton before losing out to Stewart Anderson and Julie Forrest in the final.[4]

In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent Scotland at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[5] She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events.[6][7] In the fours, her team won the bronze medal.

Family

Her father Colin Banks and her brother Jason Banks are both international bowlers.[2][8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Carla Banks profile". Henselite.
  2. 1 2 "World Bowls Championships 2020 Team Announcement". Bowls Scotland.
  3. ↑ "Draw and results". World Bowls.
  4. ↑ "Julie Forrest: Borders bowler wins world championships title". Peebleshire News. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Men's Super Series along with current Women's National Champions taking the Ladies Title". Bowls Scotland.
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