Katherine Hawes Explained

Katherine Hawes
Nationality:British (English)
Birth Date:9 December 1969 [1]
Sport:Lawn / indoor bowls
Club:Oxford City & County BC

Katherine Elizabeth Alice Hawes-Watts (born 1969) is an English lawn and indoor bowler international.[2]

Bowls career

International events

In 1997 she won the pairs gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships with Mary Price.[3] [4]

The following year she represented England at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the pairs again with Mary Price, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[5] [6]

In 1999 she won a fours silver at the Atlantic Championships in Cape Town[7] [8] and the following year she won a triples silver medal at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg, South Africa.[9]

National events

Hawes won national titles[10] in 1992 (National triples),[11] 1997 (1997 National Two Wood singles)[12] 2010 (2010 National Champion of Champions), 2014 (National fours) and 2015 (National pairs).

At the 2021 Bowls England National Finals, she just missed out on winning a sixth title after finishing runner-up to Stef Branfield in the two wood singles, losing 16–10.[13]

In 2024, Hawes-Watts won the national pairs again, bowling with her close friend Lorraine Kuhler[14] for the Oxford City & County BC at the 2024 Bowls England National Finals.[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athlete profile. 2006 Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. Web site: BOWLS: Katherine Hawes helps England to magnificent seven. 12 March 2015 . Oxford Mail.
  3. News: Dunwoodie, G. (1997) 'Hawes and Price take title for England'. 27 August 1997 . The Times . 25 May 2021. 39 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
  4. News: Dunwoodie, G. (1997) 'Price savours singular feat'. 3 September 1997 . The Times . 25 May 2021. 46 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
  5. Web site: 1998 Athletes. Team England.
  6. Web site: Athletes and results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
  7. News: 'Johnston maintains dominance' (1999). 29 March 1999 . The Times . 25 May 2021. 31 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
  8. News: 'For the Record' (1999). 25 March 1999 . The Times . 25 May 2021. 53 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
  9. Web site: World Bowls Championships. worldbowls.com. 2018-01-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20150224133114/http://www.worldbowls.com/Portals/9/Past%20results/World%20Championships-past%20results.pdf. 2015-02-24. dead.
  10. Web site: Past Records. Bowls England.
  11. News: Champ Tims simply the best . Birmingham Daily Post . 3 August 1992 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 14 August 2023.
  12. News: Bowls . Birmingham Daily Post . 9 August 1997 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 21 August 2023.
  13. Web site: Daily Round Up. Bowls England. 28 August 2021.
  14. Web site: Bowls star Kuhler on the lifelong friendships the game has given her . 26 May 2024 . Oxford Mail. 31 August 2024.
  15. Web site: 2024 National Championships women's pairs . Bowls England . 31 August 2024.

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