Kelsey Cottrell
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1990-05-31) 31 May 1990 (age 33)
Auckland, New Zealand
Sport
SportBowls
ClubSt Johns Park
Medal record
Representing  Australia
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Christchurch Team
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Christchurch Singles
Silver medal – second place 2008 Christchurch Triples
Gold medal – first place 2012 Adelaide Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2012 Adelaide Team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Christchurch Fours
Gold medal – first place 2016 Christchurch Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Gold Coast triples
Silver medal – second place 2023 Gold Coast fours
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Delhi Singles
Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow Triples
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Fours
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Christchurch triples
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Christchurch fours
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Kuala Lumpur singles
Silver medal – second place 2009 Kuala Lumpur triples
Silver medal – second place 2011 Adelaide singles
Gold medal – first place 2011 Adelaide triples
Gold medal – first place 2015 Christchurch pairs
Gold medal – first place 2015 Christchurch fours
Gold medal – first place 2019 Gold Coast pairs
WB Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Warilla mixed pairs

Kelsey May Cottrell (born 31 May 1990) is an Australian international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career

World Championships

Outdoor

Cottrell won three medals at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch, New Zealand. Four years later she won the gold medal in the pairs competition with Rebecca Quail and a team gold at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[2]

In 2016, Cottrell was part of the fours team with Natasha Scott, Rebecca Van Asch and Carla Krizanic who won the gold medal at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch, in addition to a team gold.[3]

In 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent Australia at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[5] She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events.[6][7] In the fours, her team won the silver medal after losing to England in the final. One week later in the triples (partnering Lynsey Clarke and Dawn Hayman), the team won the group undefeated and reached the final against New Zealand, going on to win the gold medal.

Indoor

In 2023, she won the mixed pairs gold with Aron Sherriff at the 2023 World Bowls Indoor Championships.

Commonwealth Games

Cottrell competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games where she won a bronze medal in the singles. Four years later she won a silver in the triples at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[8]

Cottrell was part of the Australian team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland where she claimed another gold medal in the Fours with Krizanic, Scott and Van Asch once again.[9]

She was a batonbearer for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay when the baton came to Broadbeach Bowls Club in Gold Coast in March 2022.[10]

International

Cottrell has won nine medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships. The medal haul includes four gold medals, the latest at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland.[11][12] Cottrell has won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs title three times, twice with Julie Keegan (2009, 2010) and once with Carla Odgers (2013).[13]

National

Although born in Auckland she became the third overseas player to have won the singles title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling as an invitational player in 2015/16.[14][15]

In 2018, she won the pairs title at the Australian National Bowls Championships and in 2021, she won her 7th & 8th Australian Open crown, this time in the pairs and fours.[16] A second national title was won in 2021 (in the pairs).[17] In 2022, she won his 9th and 10th titles at the Australian Open.[18]

References

  1. ^ "Australia team profiles" (PDF). 2016 World Bowls. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  3. ^ "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
  4. ^ "2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: JACKAROOS TEAM CONFIRMED". Bowls Australia.
  5. ^ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  7. ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Kelsey Cottrell biography". Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  9. ^ "Medal Match". CG2018.
  10. ^ "The Queen's Baton Relay in Australia". Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  11. ^ "Results Portal". Bowls Australia.
  12. ^ "Asia Pacific Championships – Gold Coast, Australia – Day 10". World Bowls.
  13. ^ "HK Classic winners Women's pairs". HKLBA. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  14. ^ "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
  15. ^ "Kiwi-born Australian ace wins NZ women's bowls title". Stuff.
  16. ^ "Honour Roll". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  17. ^ "2021 AUS CHAMPS: PAIRS- MIXED PAIRS RECAP". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  18. ^ "2022 AUSTRALIAN OPEN: DAY 13 WRAP". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2023.

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