Sara Nicholls

Sara Nicholls
Personal information
Full nameSara Marie Nicholls
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Born (1989-10-16) 16 October 1989 (age 35)
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubLlandeilo BC (outdoors)
City & County of Swansea (indoors)
Medal record
Representing  Wales
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Cardiff pairs
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Ayr triples

Sara Marie Nicholls (born 16 October 1989) is a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler.[1][2]

Bowls career

Nicholls was the Welsh team's singles representative at the 2019 Atlantic Bowls Championships[3] where she won the pairs bronze medal at the [4] and 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.[5]

In 2022, she competed in the women's pairs and the Women's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[1]

In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent Wales at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[6] She participated in the women's pairs and the women's fours events.[7][8] In the fours, her team reached the quarter final before being beaten by England.

Nicholls was in the triples team with Caroline Taylor and Jodie McCarthy that won the gold medal at the 2024 European Bowls Championships.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Welsh Womens Senior Trial Team Selected". Welsh Bowls.
  3. ^ "2019 Atlantic Championships – Cardiff, Wales – Day 2". World Bowls.
  4. ^ "2019 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Welsh Women Selected For World Bowls". Bowls International.
  6. ^ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  8. ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Berriew bowlers win medals at European Lawn Bowls Championships". Cambrian News. Retrieved 12 September 2024.