Lawn bowls at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Lawn bowls was among the sports contested at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, to be held in England. This was the twenty-first staging of lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games having featured in every Games bar 1966, and the third staging within England specifically.
| Lawn bowls at the 2022 Commonwealth Games | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Victoria Park |
| Dates | 29 July – 6 August 2022 |
| Competitors | 227 from 24 nations |
| Lawn bowls at the 2022 Commonwealth Games | ||
|---|---|---|
| Qualification | ||
| Singles | men | women |
| Pairs | men | women |
| Triples | men | women |
| Fours | men | women |
| Pairs B6–8 | men | women |
| Pairs B2–3 | mixed | |
The competition was scheduled to take place between 29 July and 6 August 2022, spread across eleven events (including three parasport events).[1][2]
Schedule
The competition schedule was as follows:[1][2]
| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
Date Event | Fri 29 | Sat 30 | Sun 31 | Mon 1 | Tue 2 | Wed 3 | Thu 4 | Fri 5 | Sat 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Session → | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | |||||||||||
| Men's singles | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Men's pairs | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Men's triples | G | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Men's fours | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Women's singles | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Women's pairs | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Women's triples | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Women's fours | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parasport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Men's pairs B6–8 | G | G | G | ½ | B | F | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Women's pairs B6–8 | G | G | G | ½ | B | F | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mixed pairs B2–3 | G | G | G | G | G | ½ | B | F | |||||||||||||||||||||
Venue
The lawn bowls competition will be held at the Victoria Park bowling greens in Leamington Spa.[3][4]
Qualification (parasport)
A total of 36 parasport bowlers (18 pairs) nominally qualify to compete at the Games.[5][6] They qualify for each event as follows:
- One pair from the host nation.
- Five pairs (one per nation, excluding the hosts) receive a CGF / International Bowls for the Disabled (IBD) Bipartite Invitation.
Medal table
* Host nation (England)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | England* | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Wales | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 7 | Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| South Africa | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 | Guernsey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals (10 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | |
Medallists
Men
Women
Para-sport
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's pairs B6–8 |
Scotland Garry Brown Kevin Wallace |
Australia Damien Delgado Chris Flavel |
England Craig Bowler Kieran Rollings |
| Women's pairs B6–8 |
Scotland Rosemary Lenton Pauline Wilson |
Australia Serena Bonnell Cheryl Lindfield |
South Africa Desiree Levin Victoria van der Merwe |
| Mixed pairs B2–3 |
Scotland Melanie Inness George Miller Robert Barr Sarah Jane Ewing |
Wales Julie Thomas Mark Adams Gordon LLewellyn John Wilson |
England Alison Yearling Susan Wherry Chris Turnbull Mark Wherry |
Participating nations
There were 24 participating Commonwealth Games Associations (CGA's) in lawn bowls with a total of 227 (118 men and 109 women) athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.[7]
- Australia (18)
- Botswana (4)
- Brunei (6)
- Canada (10)
- Cook Islands (10)
- England (18)
- Falkland Islands (5)
- Fiji (10)
- Guernsey (4)
- India (10)
- Jamaica (2)
- Jersey (5)
- Kenya (2)
- Malaysia (10)
- Malta (8)
- Namibia (2)
- New Zealand (18)
- Niue (10)
- Norfolk Island (10)
- Northern Ireland (10)
- Scotland (18)
- Singapore (3)
- South Africa (18)
- Wales (16)
References
- "Competition Schedule". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- Competition Schedule | Lawn Bowls and Para Lawn Bowls (PDF). BOCCG. pp. 25, 26. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- "Leamington to host Commonwealth Games bowls events in 2022". WarwickshireWorld. 21 December 2017. Archived from the original on 17 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- "Venues | VICTORIA PARK". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- Athlete Allocation System | Para Lawn Bowls (PDF). Commonwealth Sport / International Bowls for the Disabled. 18 November 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- Angus, Stevie (9 February 2021). "IBD Outdoor World Championships 2021". Disability Bowls England. Archived from the original on 22 February 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- "Lawn Bowls and Para Lawn Bowls Number of Entries by CGA" (PDF). www.results.birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organizing Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.