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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1999 (age 26–27) England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Royal Leamington Spa (outdoor) / Solihull IBC (indoor) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest world ranking | 1 (July 2025)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Emily Kernick (born 1999) is an English international indoor bowler, who won a gold medal at the 2025 World Bowls Indoor Championships and is a national champion and has been capped by England. She reached the ranking of world number 1 in July 2025.[2]
Bowls career
[edit]Kernick came to prominence in 2023, when she won the EIBA National Under 25 singles title and won a silver medal with Harry Goodwin at the World Bowls Junior Indoor Championship.[3] In addition, Kernick was capped by England.[4]
Bowling for Sherwood Park, Warwickshire, she won the women's junior singles title[5] and the women's junior pairs at the 2023 Bowls England National Finals.[6]
In 2024, Kernick won a bronze medal at the 2024 European Bowls Championships[7] and won the national indoor singles title at Nottingham.[8] This qualified her to represent England at the 2025 World Bowls Indoor Championships. Kernick also reached the semi final of the National Two Wood Ladies singles.[9]
Further success came in 2024, when bowling for Royal Leamington Spa, she won two gold medals at the 2024 Bowls England National Finals, retaining her junior pairs crown with Lily-Mae Adams[10] and winning the women's fours to qualify for the 2025 British Championships.[11]
Subsequently in 2025, Kernick paired with Dominic McVittie won the pairs gold medal at the 2025 World Bowls Indoor Championships in Aberdeen. She also won silver in the singles.[12] In June she won the fours at the 2025 British Championships.[13]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Female rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ↑ "Female rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ↑ "World junior champions crowned". World Bowls. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ↑ "From Crown to carpet, Emily Kernick's love for bowls is apparent as she continues to shine". English Indoor Bowling Association. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ↑ "2023 National Championships, women's junior singles". Bowls England. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ↑ "2023 National Championships, women's junior pairs". Bowls England. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ↑ "BOWLS - Emily Kernick hopes rapid rise will inspire more young girls to take up bowls". Solihull Observer. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ↑ "Dominic does the double". Spalding Voice. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ↑ "Merryweather crowned champion in English Indoor Bowling Association national tournament". Reading Today. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ↑ "2024 National Championships women's junior pairs". Bowls England. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ↑ "2024 National Championships women's fours". Bowls England. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ↑ "2025 World Bowls Indoor Championships: Final day recap". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ↑ "Results" (PDF). Welsh Bowls. Retrieved 26 June 2025.