Mark Walton (bowls)

Mark Walton

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	1966 Yorkshire, England
Sport
Sport	Lawn bowls
Club	Nafferton BC (outdoors)
Medal record Representing  England World Singles Champion of Champions 2005 New Zealand Men's Singles British Isles Championships 2005 triples[1]

Mark Walton (born 1966) is an English international lawn bowler.[2]

Bowls career

Walton won three English National titles in 2004 and 2006 representing the Nafferton Bowls Club and Yorkshire.[3][4] By winning the National singles title he represented England at the World Singles Champion of Champions event and won the 2005 gold medal in Christchurch, New Zealand defeating Dwayne Cameron of New Zealand in the final.[5][6] In 2007, he lost in the final of the national singles to Andrew Squire.[7]

In 2004 and 2008, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic singles and pairs titles.[8][9] In between in 2005, Walton won the mixed pairs title with Michelle Roberts at the IIBC Championships.[10]

References

1. "Triples Winners". British Isles Bowls Council. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
2. "Profile". Bowls tawa. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
3. "Past Records". Bowls England. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
4. "Walton bounces back". The Telegraph. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
5. "2005 November 19-26 Fendalton Bowling Club, Christchurch, New Zealand". Burnside Bowling Club. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
6. "Memory Lane Mark Walton". Bowls England. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
7. "'Bowls' (2007)". The Times. 25 August 2007. p. 85. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
8. "HK Classic winners Men Singles". HKLBA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
9. "HK Classic winners Men Pairs". HKLBA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
10. "The Joy of Six". Sunday Life. 24 April 2005. Retrieved 19 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.