Mark Harding (bowls) explained

Mark Harding
Nationality:	British (Welsh)
Birth Date:	5 June 1971^[1]
Birth Place:	Cardiff, Wales
Club:	Ely Valley BC Cardiff IBC

Mark Harding (born 1971) is a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler.^[2]

Bowls career

Outdoors

Harding won the fours bronze medal at the 2011 Atlantic Bowls Championships.^[3]

He was selected to represent Wales in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where he competed in the pairs and the fours events, reaching the quarter-finals of both.^{[4] [1]} In 2021, he finished runner-up in the men's triples at the 2021 Welsh National Bowls Championships.^[5]

In 2022, Harding won his first national title after winning the triples with Cory Bayliss and Hugh Morris, bowling for the Ely Valley club.^[6]

Indoors

He has also won two national Welsh indoor titles.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mark Harding biography. Commonwealth Games Federation. 29 May 2021.
2. Web site: Wales V Jackaroos Team Selected. Welsh Bowls. 29 May 2021.
3. 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.
4. Web site: Athletes and results. Commonwealth Games Federation. 29 May 2021.
5. Web site: 2021 National Finals. Welsh Bowls. 19 September 2021.
6. Web site: 2022 National Championships . Welsh Bowls . 19 September 2022.
7. Web site: Bowls: Cardiff's Mark Harding and Phil Rowlands reclaim pairs title. Wales online. 15 April 2009. 29 May 2021.