Natalie Melmore
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| Born | Natalie Melmore 28 July 1989 Torquay, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Natalie Melmore (married name Natalie Chestney, born 28 July 1989 in Torquay) is a lawn bowler from Newton Abbot.[1]
Bowls career
[edit]Natalie represented England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games where she won a gold medal in the women's singles event.[2] In 2011 she won the singles and triples silver medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[3]
Natalie went on to win a further two silver medals in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the women's singles[4] and women's pairs events with partner Jamie-Lea Winch.[5]
In 2016 she secured a fourth and fifth National title win[6] and in 2018 was part of the fours that won the National Championships.[7] After her 2014 singles success she subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 2015.[8]
She was selected as part of the English team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland.[9] In 2019 she won the singles and pairs bronze medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[10]
In 2022, she competed in the women's triples and the Women's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[11] She won the gold medal in the triples with Jamie-Lea Winch and Sian Honnor.[12]
Personal life
[edit]In 2015, she married Jamie Chestney.[13]
References
[edit]- ↑ THE ENGLAND TEAM | Sporting Life | Commonwealth Games, Delhi 2010, Medal Table Archived 25 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games 2010: England & Wales win bowls gold". Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
- ↑ "2011 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ↑ "Glasgow 2014: Natalie Melmore claims bowls silver for England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
- ↑ "Glasgow 2014: Melmore & Winch claim pairs silver for England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
- ↑ "Past Records". Bowls England. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ↑ "2018 Fours results" (PDF). Bowls England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ↑ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ↑ "2018 Commonwealth Games team". Team England.
- ↑ "2019 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ↑ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original on 30 June 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ↑ "England beat Malaysia to win women's triple lawn bowls gold". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ↑ "OCommonwealth Games bowler Natalie Melmore to take 2015 off". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
External links
[edit]- Natalie Chestney at Team England
- Natalie Melmore at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Natalie Chestney at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Natalie Melmore at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Natalie Chestney at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Natalie Chestney at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Living people
- 1989 births
- Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- English female bowls players
- Sportspeople from Torquay
- Sportspeople from Newton Abbot
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century English sportswomen
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in lawn bowls
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in lawn bowls