Sian Honnor
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| Born | Sian Gordon 14 January 1988 Canterbury, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sian Honnor (née Gordon, born 14 January 1988, in Canterbury) is an English international lawn bowler from Whitstable.[1]
Bowls career
[edit]Outdoors
[edit]She first represented England on the world stage when she competed in the Commonwealth Youth Games in Bendigo in 2004, winning a bronze medal in the mixed pairs with Jamie Chestney.[citation needed]
She represented England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games where she won, with Jamie-Lea Winch and Sandy Hazell, a bronze medal in the woman's triples competition.[2][3]
At the 2011 Atlantic Bowls Championships, Gordon won Gold in the Ladies Fours and Ladies Team Events. She won Gold in the Ladies Fours with Julie Saunders, Ellen Falkner and Amy Gowshall.[4] Gordon competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games and won Gold in the Ladies Triples event with Sophie Tolchard and Ellen Falkner.[5] In 2014 she was a National triples champion.[citation needed]
She was selected as part of the English team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland[6] where she won a bronze medal in the Triples with Katherine Rednall and Ellen Falkner.[7]
In 2019 she won the triples gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[8] and in 2020 she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[9]
In 2022, she competed in the women's triples and the Women's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[10] She won the gold medal in the triples with Jamie Lea Winch and Natalie Chestney.[11]
Indoors
[edit]She won the EIBA women's national singles for the second time in 2025, adding to her numerous national titles including Under 25 singles twice, National Fours twice and National Triples.[citation needed]
Playing with Amy Pharaoh, she won the gold medal in the women's pairs at the 2026 Commonwealth Games which was held on an indoor green in Glasgow, defeating Syafiqa Haidar and Aleena Nawawi of Malaysia in the final.[12]
Personal life
[edit]She works in communications for a homelessness charity in Kent. She is a former editor for 'Bowls International' magazine and commentates for the BBC during the World Indoor Bowls Championships.[13]
References
[edit]- ↑ THE ENGLAND TEAM | Sporting Life | Commonwealth Games, Delhi 2010, Medal Table Archived 25 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Bowler Sian Gordon earns a bronze medal at Commonwealth Games", Kent and Sussex Courier, 15 October 2010
- ↑ Toney, James (12 October 2010). "Triples bronze for young Y star winch; Commonwealth Games". Coventry Evening Telegraph. England. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ↑ "Our Sian wins gold at the Atlantic Rim Championships". Henley Standard. 7 November 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ↑ "Glasgow 2014: England win gold in women's triples". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
- ↑ "2018 Commonwealth Games team". Team England.
- ↑ "2018 Commonwealth Games profile". 2018 Commonwealth Games.
- ↑ "2019 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ↑ "SELECTION: 2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Bowls England.
- ↑ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ↑ "England beat Malaysia to win women's triple lawn bowls gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ↑ "England's Tolchard & women's pair claim gold in bowls". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ "World Indoor Bowls Championships". BBC.
External links
[edit]- Sian Honnor at Team England
- Sian Honnor at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Sian Gordon at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Sian Honnor at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Sian Honnor at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- 1988 births
- Living people
- English female bowls players
- British sports broadcasters
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- 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
- Bowls players at the 2026 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2026 Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from Canterbury
- People from Whitstable
- 21st-century English sportswomen
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in lawn bowls