Graham Shadwell Explained

Graham Shadwell
Nationality:English
Birth Date:22 July 1975

Graham Anthony George Shadwell (born 1975)[1] is an English international bowls player.[2]

Bowls career

Shadwell won two bronze medals at consecutive World Outdoor Championships in 2008 in the fours with Mark Bantock, Stephen Farish and Robert Newman and in 2012 in the pairs with Jamie Chestney.[3]

In between the two World Championships he won another bronze medal in the triples with Bantock and Newman at the lawn bowls competition at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[4]

In 2009 he won the triples and fours silver medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[5] [6] and in 2011 he won the triples gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[7] In 2015 he won the pairs bronze medal at the Atlantic Championships.[8]

In 2004 & 2008, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs titles with Mark Walton.[9] He was selected to represent England at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship but had to pull out and has won the English Indoor Bowling Association's Champion of Champions title twice.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: births. Free BMD.
  2. Web site: BOWLS: Shadwell back in the England frame. Wiltshire Times.
  3. Web site: Profile. Bowls Tawa.
  4. Web site: Athletes and Results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. Web site: 2009 Atlantic Championships. World Bowls Ltd. https://web.archive.org/web/20100314062629/http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results-old.php. 21 May 2021. 14 March 2010.
  6. News: Bowls . 18 May 2009 . The Times . 21 May 2021. 61 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
  7. Web site: 2011 Atlantic Championships. https://web.archive.org/web/20111031201626/www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/mainresults.php . 2011-10-31 . World Bowls Ltd. 19 May 2021.
  8. Web site: 2015 Atlantic Championships. World Bowls. 15 May 2021.
  9. Web site: HK Classic winners Men Pairs . HKLBA . 7 June 2021.
  10. Web site: BOWLS: Shadwell wins national title for second time. This is Wiltshire.