Catherine Popple Explained

Catherine Popple
(née Catherine Anton)
Nationality:British (English)
Birth Date:5 May 1965 [1]
Birth Name:Catherine Ivy Anton
Club:Parkway BC
Peterborough & District BC

Catherine Ivy Popple née Anton (born 5 May 1965) is a former English international lawn bowler.[2] Popple was an England international for 26 years, representing her country from 1987 to 2012.[3] [4]

Bowls career

Anton represented England in the fours event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.[5] [6] [7]

In 1998 she represented England at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur and won a bronze medal in the fours event with Norma Shaw, Mandy Jacklin and Shirley Page.[8] [9]

In 1999 she won the fours silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[10] [11]

Anton is also an eleven times national champion representing Huntingdonshire, one singles, one pairs, one triples, four fours and four junior.[12]

In 2024, Popple was appointed as a national selector for Bowls England.[3]

Personal life

She married fellow bowler Stuart Popple.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athlete profile. 2006 Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. Web site: Catherine Anton profile. Bowls Tawa.
  3. Web site: Catherine Popple appointed as Bowls England selector . Bowls England . 28 June 2024.
  4. News: Hopes Alive . Peterborough Evening Telegraph . 26 January 1987 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 23 August 2023.
  5. Web site: 1994 Athletes. Team England.
  6. Web site: England team in 1994. Commonwealth Games Federation. 15 October 2019. 7 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210507165937/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all. dead.
  7. Web site: Athletes and results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
  8. Web site: THOSE WERE THE DAYS... Local sporting highlights from this week in years gone by. Peterborough News.
  9. Web site: KUALA LUMPUR 1998: Bronze Medallists. Commonwealth Games England. 2018-11-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20170131185546/http://www.weareengland.org/home/team-england/the-commonwealth-games/kuala-lumpur-1998/kuala-lumpur-1998-bronze-medallists#UPCU6OxToYtJHyXU.97. 2017-01-31. dead.
  10. News: 'Johnston maintains dominance' (1999). 29 March 1999 . The Times . 25 May 2021. 31 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
  11. News: 'For the Record' (1999). 25 March 1999 . The Times . 25 May 2021. 53 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
  12. Web site: Past Records. Bowls England.
  13. Web site: Bowls: Leaders beat Brett, but can he topple Popple?. Peterborough News.

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