Harry Goodwin (bowls) explained

Harry Goodwin
Nationality:British (English)
Birth Date:1997
Sport:Lawn & indoor bowls
Club:Appleyard BC
Highestranking:8 (June 2024)[1]

Harry Goodwin (born 1997) is an English international lawn and Indoor bowler.[2] [3]

Bowls career

Goodwin began bowling at Totnes BC, when being introduced to bowls by his grandfather Reg in 2003.[4]

Goodwin won national titles for Britain's top team Kings BC in Torquay, when winning the Club Two Fours in 2016 and 2017 and the Top Club four times from 2016 to 2019. Additionally, representing Devon he was part of the county team that won the White Rose Trophy twice and the prestigious Middleton Cup four times.[2]

He has twice won the Junior pairs title at the English national bowls championships in 2018 and 2021[5] and in-between was called up to the senior England team in 2019.

In February 2022, he won 'England male rising star' at the Bowls England Awards Night.[2] Later that summer, he won the Champion of champions, when bowling for his new club Appleyard BC.[6] He moved clubs from Kings to Appleyard because he had moved to Kent with his partner.[4]

At the end of 2022, he won the men's singles and pairs titles at the IIBC Championships.[7] In 2023, he represented England at the IIBC Championships in East Kilbride.[8] In 2024, Goodwin was defeated by Jamie Walker in the men's singles final at the national championships.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Male rankings . World Bowls Series . 28 June 2024.
  2. Web site: BOWLS NXGEN, HARRY GOODWIN . 4 March 2022 . Bowls England . 11 January 2024.
  3. Web site: Goodwin determined to change public perception of bowls . 25 May 2022 . The Renfrewshire Gazette. 11 January 2024.
  4. Web site: Harry Goodwin Looks Back on a Memorable Year . English Indoor Bowls Association . 11 January 2024.
  5. Web site: Past Records. Bowls England. 11 January 2024.
  6. Web site: 2022 National Championships . Bowls England . 8 September 2022.
  7. Web site: 2022 IIBC Junior Championships. 9 December 2022 . Bowls International . 11 January 2024.
  8. Web site: Indoor bowls: Guernsey pair take on world best in U25 championship . The Bailiwick Express . 11 January 2024.