Ben Twist | |
Nationality: | Australian |
Birth Date: | 1 June 1990 |
Club: | St Johns Park BC |
Highestranking: | 19 (June 2024)[1] |
Ben Twist (born 1 June 1990) is an Australian international lawn bowler.[2]
He started bowling in 2003 and his first success was the Queensland state triples in 2007. He won the Australian Open triples in 2010 and made his international debut in 2018.[3]
Twist became the Australian national champion after winning the 2019 Australian National Bowls Championships triples title.[4]
In 2018, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic singles title, having previously won the pairs with Jesse Noronha in 2017.[5] In 2021, he won his second Australian Open crown, this time in the fours.[6]
In 2022, he competed in the men's triples and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[7] Twist, along with Carl Healey and Barrie Lester won the silver medal.[8] Later in 2022, he won a third Australian Open.
In 2023, he won his fourth Australian Open, after a second successive pairs win with Aaron Wilson.[9] Later in October, Twist won the Australian Nationals fours title with Craig Donaldson, Mathew Pietersen and David Ferguson.[10]