Ben Twist

Ben Twist
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1990-06-01) 1 June 1990 (age 34)
Sport
ClubSt Johns Park BC
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking14 (September 2024)[1]
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham triples

Ben Twist (born 1 June 1990) is an Australian international lawn bowler.[2]

Bowls career

He started bowling in 2003 and his first success was the Queensland state triples in 2007. He won the Australian Open triples in 2010 and made his international debut in 2018.[3]

Twist became the Australian national champion after winning the 2019 Australian National Bowls Championships triples title.[4]

In 2018, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic singles title, having previously won the pairs with Jesse Noronha in 2017.[5] In 2021, he won his second Australian Open crown, this time in the fours.[6]

In 2022, he competed in the men's triples and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[7] Twist, along with Carl Healey and Barrie Lester won the silver medal.[8] Later in 2022, he won a third Australian Open.

In 2023, he won his fourth Australian Open, after a second successive pairs win with Aaron Wilson.[9] Later in October, Twist won the Australian Nationals fours title with Craig Donaldson, Mathew Pietersen and David Ferguson.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Male rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Ben Twist". Bowls Tawa. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Ben Twist Profile". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  4. ^ "2019 Australian Championships Men's triples". Bowls Australia.
  5. ^ "HONG KONG GOLD FOR BEN TWIST AND AUSSIE PAIR". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Honour Roll". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 26 July 2021.[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Commonwealth Games: England's men take gold in lawn bowls triples". BBC. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Honour Roll". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Day 13 recap". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 28 June 2024.