Lawn bowls at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Lawn bowls at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held at the Broadbeach Bowls Club in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 5 to 13.[1][2]

Lawn bowls
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueBroadbeach Bowls Club
Dates5 – 13 April 2018
Competitors240 from 28 nations
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Lawn bowls is one of ten core sports at the Commonwealth Games and has been continuously held at every Games since the 1930 British Empire Games, with the exception of the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica. A total of four events per gender were contested, along with two open para-sport events, which meant a total of ten medal events were contested.

Schedule

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The following is the Lawn bowls schedule:

G Group stage ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals B Bronze medal match G Gold medal match
Date → Thu 5 Fri 6 Sat 7 Sun 8 Mon 9 Tue 10 Wed 11 Thu 12 Fri 13
Event ↓ M A E M A E M A E M A E M A E M A E M A E M A E M A E
Men's singles G ¼ ½ B
G
Men's pairs G G G ¼ ½ B
G
Men's triples G G G ¼ ½ B
G
Men's fours G G G ¼ ½ B
G
Women's singles G G G ¼ ½ B
G
Women's pairs G G G ¼ ½ B
G
Women's triples G G G ½ B
¼ G
Women's fours G G G ¼ ½ B
G
Mixed B2/B3 pairs G G G G ½ B
G
Open B6/B7/B8 triples G G G G G ½ B
G
M = Morning session, A = Afternoon session, E = Evening session

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Australia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Australia*5207
2  Scotland2215
3  Wales1113
4  New Zealand1102
5  Malaysia1001
6  South Africa0325
7  Canada0101
8  England0033
9  Cook Islands0011
  Malta0011
  Norfolk Island0011
Totals (11 entries)10101030

Medallists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Singles
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  Australia (AUS)
Aaron Wilson
  Canada (CAN)
Ryan Bester
  England (ENG)
Robert Paxton
Pairs
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  Wales (WAL)
Daniel Salmon
Marc Wyatt
  Scotland (SCO)
Paul Foster
Alex Marshall
  Cook Islands (COK)
Taiki Paniani
Aidan Zittersteijn
Triples
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  Scotland (SCO)
Darren Burnett
Derek Oliver
Ronnie Duncan
  Australia (AUS)
Aron Sherriff
Barrie Lester
Nathan Rice
  Norfolk Island (NFI)
Hadyn Evans
Phillip Jones
Ryan Dixon
Fours
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  Scotland (SCO)
Alex Marshall
Paul Foster
Derek Oliver
Ronnie Duncan
  Australia (AUS)
Aron Sherriff
Barrie Lester
Nathan Rice
Brett Wilkie
  England (ENG)
David Bolt
Jamie Chestney
Sam Tolchard
Louis Ridout

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Singles
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  New Zealand (NZL)
Jo Edwards
  Wales (WAL)
Laura Daniels
  South Africa (RSA)
Colleen Piketh
Pairs
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  Malaysia (MAS)
Emma Firyana
Siti Zalina
  South Africa (RSA)
Colleen Piketh
Nicolene Neal
  Scotland (SCO)
Claire Johnston
Lesley Doig
Triples
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  Australia (AUS)
Carla Krizanic
Natasha Scott
Rebecca Van Asch
  Scotland (SCO)
Caroline Brown
Kay Moran
Stacey McDougall
  England (ENG)
Ellen Falkner
Katherine Rednall
Sian Honnor
Fours
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  Australia (AUS)
Carla Krizanic
Kelsey Cottrell
Natasha Scott
Rebecca Van Asch
  South Africa (RSA)
Elma Davis
Esme Kruger
Johanna Snyman
Nicolene Neal
  Malta (MLT)
Connie-Leigh Rixon
Rebecca Rixon
Rosemaree Rixon
Sharon Callus

Para-sport

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed para-sport pairs
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  Australia (AUS)
Jake Fehlberg
Lynne Seymour
  South Africa (RSA)
Philippus Walker
Nozipho Schroeder
  Wales (WAL)
Gilbert Miles
Julie Thomas
Open para-sport triples
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  Australia (AUS)
Josh Thornton
Ken Hanson
Tony Bonnell
  New Zealand (NZL)
Barry Wynks
Bruce Wakefield
Mark Noble
  South Africa (RSA)
Christopher Patton
Tobias Botha
Willem Viljoen

Participating nations

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There are 28 participating nations in the lawn bowls with a total of 240 athletes.[3] The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Official Ticketing Guide" (PDF). www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Venues". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  3. ^ "GC2018 Lawn Bowls Draw" (PDF). www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC). Retrieved 18 March 2018.
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