Carla Banks Explained

Carla Banks
Nationality:	British (Scottish)
Birth Date:	8 February 1999 ^[1]
Sport:	Lawn bowls
Club:	Inverurie BC (outdoors) Garioch IBC (indoors)

Carla Banks (born 1999) is a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler.^[1]

Bowls career

Banks won the 2015 Under 18 National Singles and the 2017 Under 25 National Singles.^[1]

In 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia, as the women's team travelling reserve but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] She made her debut at the World Indoor Championships during the 2021 World Indoor Bowls Championship^[3] and reached the mixed pairs final with Robert Paxton before losing out to Stewart Anderson and Julie Forrest in the final.^[4]

In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent Scotland at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.^[5] She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events.^{[6] [7]} In the fours, her team won the bronze medal.

Family

Her father Colin Banks and her brother Jason Banks are both international bowlers.^{[2] [8]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Carla Banks profile. Henselite.
2. Web site: World Bowls Championships 2020 Team Announcement. Bowls Scotland.
3. Web site: Draw and results. World Bowls.
4. Web site: Julie Forrest: Borders bowler wins world championships title . Peebleshire News . 19 January 2021.
5. Web site: COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 . Bowls International . 5 June 2023 . 2 September 2023.
6. 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 .
7. Web site: SCHEDULE & DRAWS . Bowls Australia . 2 September 2023.
8. Web site: Men's Super Series along with current Women's National Champions taking the Ladies Title. Bowls Scotland.