Mark Dawes
Mark Dawes (born 1983) is an English international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
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| Nickname(s) | Dawesy | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 7 January 1983 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn & indoor bowls | ||||||||||||||||
| Club | Blackpool Newton Hall | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He won the Men's National Junior title in 2005 at the National Championships.[2] He reached a career high world indoor ranking of 8th in 2014.[3]
In 2018 he won the World Indoor Open Pairs title with Jamie Chestney.[4] He then followed this by taking the World Open Singles Championship defeating Robert Paxton in a hard fought final. Dawes had been the player of the tournament and Paxton did well to take the final to a tie break.[5]
References
- "Profile". Henselite.
- Woods, Jon (23 August 2006). "Cornish veteran plays part". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- "Mark Dawes". World Bowls Tour. 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- "Chestney & Dawes win Pairs Final". BBC Sport. 22 January 2018.
- "World Indoor Bowls Championship: Mark Dawes beats Robert Paxton to win title". BBC Sport. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
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