Claire Anderson (bowls) explained

Claire Anderson
(née Claire Walker)
Nationality:British (Scottish)
Birth Date:1992
Sport:Lawn bowls
Club:Eddlewood BC (outdoors)
Blantyre IBC (indoors) [1]
Highestranking:38 (June 2024)

Claire Anderson née Claire Walker (born 1992) is a Scottish international lawn bowler.[2]

Bowls career

She has won the indoor National triples in 2015 and 2018, the indoor pairs in 2016, the British indoor triples in 2016 and the pairs in 2017.[1]

In 2020, she 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, she was selected as part of the team to represent Scotland at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[4] She participated in the women's pairs and the women's fours events.[5] [6] In the fours, her team won the bronze medal. One week later in the pairs partnering Emma McIntyre, she won a bronze medal, losing to Malaysia in the semi final.

Personal life

In 2019, she married former indoor world champion Stewart Anderson.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Claire Anderson profile. Taylor Bowls.
  2. Web site: SIBA Names Senior International Teams. Bowls International.
  3. Web site: World Bowls Championships 2020 Team Announcement. Bowls Scotland.
  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: A chat with your 2019 Open Singles bowls winner, Stewart Anderson. Potters Holidays.