Claire Anderson (bowls)
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1992 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Eddlewood BC (outdoors) Blantyre IBC (indoors) [1] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 38 (June 2024) | |||||||||||||||||
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Claire Anderson née Claire Walker (born 1992) is a Scottish international lawn bowler.[2]
Bowls career
[edit]She has won the indoor National triples in 2015 and 2018, the indoor pairs in 2016, the British indoor triples in 2016 and the pairs in 2017.[1]
In 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent Scotland at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[4] She participated in the women's pairs and the women's fours events.[5][6] In the fours, her team won the bronze medal. One week later in the pairs partnering Emma McIntyre, she won a bronze medal, losing to Malaysia in the semi final.
Personal life
[edit]In 2019, she married former indoor world champion Stewart Anderson.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Claire Anderson profile". Taylor Bowls.
- ^ "SIBA Names Senior International Teams". Bowls International.
- ^ "World Bowls Championships 2020 Team Announcement". Bowls Scotland.
- ^ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "A chat with your 2019 Open Singles bowls winner, Stewart Anderson". Potters Holidays.