David Harding (bowls)

David Harding

Personal information
Nationality	British (Welsh)
Sport
Sport	Lawn bowls
Club	Penylan BC
Medal record Representing  Wales Atlantic Bowls Championships 2009 Johannesburg triples 2009 Johannesburg fours British Isles Championships 2003 fours Welsh Nationals 2002 fours 2015 pairs 2021 fours European Championships 2011 Portugal pairs 2011 Portugal mixed 2011 Portugal team

David Harding is a Welsh international lawn bowler and indoor.[1]

Bowls career

Outdoors

In 2009, he won the triples and fours bronze medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[2] In 2011, he won three gold medals at the European Bowls Championships in Portugal.[3]

He is a three times Welsh National champion winning the 2002 and 2021 fours and 2015 pairs at the Welsh National Bowls Championships and became a British champion winning the 2003 fours at the British Isles Bowls Championships.[4][5]

Harding is a former board member of Welsh Bowls[6] and holds the record for most appearances for South Glamorgan.[7]

Indoors

Harding has also been capped by the Welsh indoor national team.[8]

References

1. "Sky Sports Extra". Sunday World (Dublin). 7 November 2004. p. 167. Retrieved 19 September 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
2. "2007 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
3. "2011 results". Bowls Europe. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
4. "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
5. "2021 National Finals". Welsh Bowls. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
6. "Announcements". Bowls Wales. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
7. "Bowls: Harding poised to break South Glamorgan milestone of Mounty". Wales Online. August 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
8. "Welsh Indoor Trial Teams Announced". Bowls International. Retrieved 19 September 2021.