Ross Owen
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Born (1994-01-06) 6 January 1994
Mountain Ash, Wales
Sport
ClubHarlequins (outdoors)
Cynon Valley (indoors)
Medal record
Representing  Wales
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birminghamtriples
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Bronze medal – third place2015 Paphosfours
Bronze medal – third place2019 Cardifffours
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place2018fours
Gold medal – first place2019triples
Welsh Nationals
Gold medal – first place2017fours
Gold medal – first place2018triples
Gold medal – first place2023singles

Ross Owen (born 6 January 1994) is a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler.[1][2]

Bowls career

Owen won the Welsh National Bowls Championships fours in 2017 and the following year the triples, both National titles were won when bowling for Harlequins BC.[3] He was the National Indoor Pairs Champion in 2014.[4] In 2015 he won the fours bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[5]

Owen bowls for Harlequins (outdoors) and Cynon Valley (indoors)[6] and was selected for the Welsh team for the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Avonhead, Christchurch, New Zealand[7] and the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia.

In 2019, he won the fours bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[8] and in 2020, he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9] In 2021, Owen reached the final of the pairs and fours at the 2021 Welsh National Bowls Championships.[10]

In 2022, he competed in the men's triples, where he won a bronze medal and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[11]

In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent Wales at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[12] He participated in the men's triples and the men's fours events.[13][14] Also in 2023, he won his third national title but first singles at the Welsh nationals.

References

  1. ↑ "Welsh International Team 2017". Welsh Bowling Association.
  2. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL TEAM 2018". Welsh Indoor Bowls.
  3. ↑ "Kevin James Is Welsh Men's Singles Champion". Bowls International.
  4. ↑ "Ross Owen". Taylor Bowls.
  5. ↑ "2015 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Honours Board". RTB Ebbw Vale B.C.
  7. ↑ "Ebbw Vale pair heading to New Zealand for World Championships". South Wales Argus.
  8. ↑ "2019 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "Latest News". Welsh Bowls.
  10. ↑ "2021 National Finals". Welsh Bowls. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  11. ↑ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  12. ↑ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  13. ↑ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  14. ↑ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
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