Mark Royal Explained

Mark Royal
Nationality:	English
Birth Date:	18 January 1975
Sport:	Lawn & indoor bowls
Club:	Rookery (outdoors) Mid Suffolk (indoors)

Mark Royal (born 1975) is an English international lawn and indoor bowler.^[1]

Bowls career

Outdoors

Royal won the Men's Champion of Champions singles title in 2003, at the National Championships.^{[2] [3]} In 2021, he reached the final of the event again, only to lose out to Jamie Chestney 21–11.^[4]

Indoors

Indoors he reached a career high world indoor ranking of 2 in 2009 and has been in the worlds top 16 since 2003.^{[1] [5]}

Major successes include winning the Welsh Open in 2008 and 2011.

Mark bowls with Drakes Pride 4 Heavy ^[6]

Awards

He was awarded the 2009 Players Player of the Year and Performance of the Year by the World Bowls Tour.^[7]

Personal life

By trade he is a Director of Jack and Bowl.^[8] He is married with three children and formerly worked with Potters Leisure Resort and its manager Greg Harlow.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Profile. World Bowls Tour.
2. Web site: Past records. Bowls England.
3. Web site: Royal shows he is worthy champion. The Times.
4. Web site: Daily Round Up. Bowls England. 3 September 2021.
5. Web site: Daily Round Up. Bowls England. 28 August 2021.
6. Web site: 2015-10-30 . Mark Royal . 2023-12-04 . World Bowls Tour . en-GB.
7. Web site: Royal marks World Bowls awards double . Lowestoft Journal . 27 January 2009 . 16 November 2015.
8. Web site: JACK AND BOWL LIMITED people - Find and update company information - GOV.UK . 2023-11-19 . find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk . en.