Simon Skelton
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1972-04-07) 7 April 1972 (age 51)
Medal record
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Men's fours
World Indoor Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Mixed pairs
Gold medal – first place 2015 Men's pairs
Silver medal – second place 2019 Men's Singles

Simon Skelton is an English international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

Bowls career

Simon 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 2011 he won the mixed pairs title at the 2011 World Indoor Bowls Championship with Alison Merrien and four years later won the open pairs title with Robert Paxton.[4]

In addition to his international achievements he also won a National Championship title in 2009 representing Derbyshire and Stute BC.[5]

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.[6][7] In November 2022, he finished runner-up in the Scottish International Open, losing in the final to Stewart Anderson.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. ^ "Skelton Player Profile". World Bowls Tour.
  3. ^ "Athlete Profile". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. ^ "Player Profile Simon Skelton". BBC Sport.
  5. ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
  6. ^ "World Indoor Bowls: Stewart Anderson wins second title". BBC Sport.
  7. ^ "Anderson claims second World Indoor title after beating Skelton in tie-break". Great Yarmouth Mercury.
  8. ^ "Anderson claims Scottish International Open for the second time". Daily Record. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
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