Simon Skelton
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 7 April 1972 |
Medal record | |
Simon Skelton is an English international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
Bowls career
[edit]Skelton bowls for the Nottingham indoor club and Stute outdoor bowls club.[2] During the 2002 Commonwealth Games he was part of the fours that won the gold medal with John Ottaway, Robert Newman and David Holt.[3]
In addition to his international achievements he also won a National Championship title in 2009 representing Derbyshire and Stute BC.[4]
In 2011 he won the mixed pairs title at the 2011 World Indoor Bowls Championship with Alison Merrien[5] and in 2015 World Indoor Bowls Championship he won the open pairs title with Robert Paxton.[6]
He reached the final of the open singles at the 2019 World Indoor Bowls Championship as a qualifier but lost to Stewart Anderson in the final.[7][8] He also lost to Anderson in the final of the 2019 Scottish International Open.[9]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
- ↑ "Skelton Player Profile". World Bowls Tour.
- ↑ "Athlete Profile". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ↑ "Past Records". Bowls England.
- ↑ "Bowls - Merrien and Skelton win all-British final in tie-break". BBC News. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
- ↑ "World Indoor Bowls: Robert Paxton and Simon Skelton take pairs title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
- ↑ "World Indoor Bowls: Stewart Anderson wins second title". BBC Sport.
- ↑ "Anderson claims second World Indoor title after beating Skelton in tie-break". Great Yarmouth Mercury.
- ↑ "Anderson claims Scottish International Open for the second time". Daily Record. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- English male bowls players
- Living people
- 1972 births
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Indoor Bowls World Champions
- Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls European Champions
- Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in lawn bowls
- 21st-century English sportsmen