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Brett Morley

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Brett Morley
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1960-05-28)28 May 1960
Sport
ClubPlessey Bowling Club (outdoor)
Nottingham (indoor)
Medal record
Representing England
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 Worthing fours
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 1995 singles
Gold medal – first place 2002 triples

Brett Morley (born 1960) is an England international lawn and indoor bowler.[1][2]

Bowls career

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He followed his father Stanley Morley in gaining international honours [3] and won a gold medal in the fours with Andy Thomson, David Cutler and John Bell at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.[4]

He also represented England at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the fours event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[5]

Morley was the National champion[6] in 1994[7] and subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1995.[8] He had previously won the national junior singles in 1984.[9]

In 2001, he won the national triples.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Brett Morley Profile". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Notts pair chase the singles". Nottingham Evening Post. 27 August 1997. Retrieved 25 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ Newby, Donald (1988). The Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  4. ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
  5. ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
  6. ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
  7. ^ "Morley's title". Birmingham Daily Post. 10 September 1994. Retrieved 19 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Allan, G. (1984) 'Bowls'". The Times. 17 September 1984. p. 23. Retrieved 28 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  10. ^ "Bowls". Worthing Herald. 30 August 2001. Retrieved 25 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.