Aron Sherriff Explained

Aron Sherriff
Nationality:Australian
Birth Date:29 October 1985
Birth Place:Paddington, Australia
Sport:Bowls
Club:Broadbeach
Highestranking:1 (June 2024)

Aron Sherriff (born 29 October 1985) is an international Australian lawn and indoor bowler. He has won three world championship titles and was ranked world number 1 in June 2024.[1]

Bowls career

World Championship

Outdoor

Sherriff won the gold medal in the triples with Mark Casey, Brett Wilkie and Wayne Ruediger during the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide. He also won silver in the pairs with Leif Selby. Four years earlier he had won a silver and bronze at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch, New Zealand.

In 2016 he was part of the triples team with Barrie Lester and Mark Casey who won the silver medal at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch and he also won a bronze medal in the singles.[2]

In 2020, he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent Australia at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[4] He participated in the men's triples and the men's fours events.[5] [6] In the triples with Corey Wedlock and Carl Healey, he won the gold medal. One week later in the fours partnering Wedlock, Healey and Aaron Teys, the team won their group before reaching the final against Scotland, where he won a second gold medal winning 12–10 to complete a very successful championship.

Indoor

In 2023, he won double gold in the singles and the mixed pairs with Kelsey Cottrell at the 2023 World Bowls Indoor Championships.

Commonwealth Games

He won the lawn bowls bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[7] He won the Bowls Australia Awards Night as the International Bowler of the Year for three consecutive years.[8]

Further success came as part of the Australian team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland where he took two silver medals in the Triples and in the Fours.[9] [10] [11]

Asia Pacific

Sherriff has won six medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, including double gold in the triples and fours at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland.[12] [13]

Nationals

Sherriff has won three Australian National Bowls Championships titles and seven Australian Opens.[14]

In 2024, Sherriff won his third consecutive Australian Open singles title, it was Sherriff's eighth Australian Open title.[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Male rankings . World Bowls Series . 28 June 2024.
  2. Web site: 2016 World Bowls Championship Finals. Burnside Bowling Club.
  3. Web site: 2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: JACKAROOS TEAM CONFIRMED. Bowls Australia.
  4. Web site: COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 . Bowls International . 5 June 2023 . 2 September 2023.
  5. Web site: Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia . World Bowls . 2 September 2023 . 19 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230519080851/https://www.worldbowls.com/events-list/ . dead .
  6. Web site: SCHEDULE & DRAWS . Bowls Australia . 2 September 2023.
  7. Web site: Aron Sherriff wins bowling bronze . The Age . 2 August 2014 . 29 August 2014.
  8. Web site: Sherriff Claims Hat-Trick of BA Awards . 29 August 2014.
  9. Web site: Fours results. CG2018. 13 April 2018. 13 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180413190409/https://results.gc2018.com/en/lawn-bowls/event-schedule-men-s-fours.htm. dead.
  10. Web site: Commonwealth Games: Scotland's Alex Marshall wins record fifth gold as women take bronze in bowls. BBC Sport.
  11. Web site: Commonwealth Games: Scotland beat Australia to win gold in bowls men's triple final. BBC Sport.
  12. Web site: Results Portal. Bowls Australia.
  13. Web site: Asia Pacific Championships – Gold Coast, Australia – Day 5. World Bowls.
  14. Web site: 2021 AUS CHAMPS: PAIRS- MIXED PAIRS RECAP. Bowls Australia. 26 May 2022.
  15. Web site: Day 14 recap . Bowls Australia . 28 June 2024.