Ross Owen
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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 January 1994 Mountain Ash, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Harlequins (outdoors) Cynon Valley (indoors) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest world ranking | 3 (February 2026) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ross Owen (born 6 January 1994) is a Welsh lawn and indoor bowler.
He is a Welsh international[1][2] and reached a career high ranking of world number 3 in February 2026.[3]
Bowls career
[edit]Owen won the Welsh National Bowls Championships fours in 2017 and the following year the triples, both National titles were won when bowling for Harlequins BC.[4] He was the National Indoor Pairs Champion in 2014.[5] In 2015 he won the fours bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[6]
Owen bowls for Harlequins (outdoors) and Cynon Valley (indoors)[7] and was selected for the Welsh team for the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Avonhead, Christchurch, New Zealand[8] and the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia.
In 2019, he won the fours bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[9] and in 2020, he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10] In 2021, Owen reached the final of the pairs and fours at the 2021 Welsh National Bowls Championships.[11]
In 2022, he competed in the men's triples, where he won a bronze medal and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[12]
In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent Wales at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[13] He participated in the men's triples and the men's fours events.[14][15] Also in 2023, he won his third national title but first singles at the Welsh nationals.
In 2024, he won the singles title at the British Isles Bowls Championships.[16] In 2024, Owen also won the 2024 Welsh National Indoor singles & triples, which qualified him to represent Wales at the 2025 World Bowls Indoor Championships.[17] Subsequently in 2025, Owen paired with Lauren Gowen won the silver medal in the mixed pairs event at the 2025 World Bowls Indoor Championships in Aberdeen.[18] Owen won the gold medal after reaching the final of the 2025 Bowls World Cup, where he partnered Daniel Davies Jr. in the pairs event, beating Paul Foster and Jason Banks in the final.[19]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Welsh International Team 2017". Welsh Bowling Association.
- ↑ "International Team 2018". Welsh Indoor Bowls.
- ↑ "Male rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ↑ "Kevin James Is Welsh Men's Singles Champion". Bowls International.
- ↑ "Ross Owen". Taylor Bowls.
- ↑ "2015 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ↑ "Honours Board". RTB Ebbw Vale B.C.
- ↑ "Ebbw Vale pair heading to New Zealand for World Championships". South Wales Argus.
- ↑ "2019 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ↑ "Latest News". Welsh Bowls.
- ↑ "2021 National Finals". Welsh Bowls. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ↑ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ↑ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ↑ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ↑ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ↑ "British Bowls Championships report". Bowls England. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ↑ "2024 National Finals Winners". Welsh Indoor Bowls. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ↑ "2025 World Bowls Indoor Championships: Final day recap". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ↑ "2025 World Cup". World Bowls. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
External links
[edit]- Ross Owen at World Bowls Series
- Ross Owen at Team Wales (archive)
- Ross Owen at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Ross Owen at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Welsh male bowls players
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Wales
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls
- Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century Welsh sportsmen