Steven Mitchinson
Steven Mitchinson (born 6 August 1975) is an English international bowls player.[1]
| Personal information | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality |  | ||||||||||
| Born | 6 August 1975 | ||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||
| Sport | Bowls | ||||||||||
| Club | Romford BC & Tye Green IBC | ||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=icon}
He started off his bowls career with Tye Green Bowls Club before moving to Nortel Bowls Club. In 2000 he moved to his current club, Romford Bowls Club. He won the Bowls England National Championship Singles in 2010 and was the British Isles Singles Runner-up. He made his debut for England in the 2011 British Isles Series held in Edinburgh, where England finished 3rd. In 2012 he was picked as reserve for the England team, whilst 2013 saw him return to the England side where they were victorious in Dublin. He was selected in the English teams from 2014–2019, the England side won the British Isles Series in 2015, 2016 and 2017
In 2013 he was called up for the English Indoor side but the England team was unsuccessful in the British Isles Series which was won by Scotland, however subsequent years were more successful and he was a member of the England team which won the Series in both 2014 and 2015.
In November 2011 he competed in the World Singles Champion of Champions finishing 5th. He was ranked 20th in the world according to the World Bowls Ranking list.
In November 2015 he won the Harlow Sports Personality award and was a finalist for the Essex Sports Personality of the year award.
In 2017 he was captain of the Essex team that won the Balcomb (National Double Rink) Trophy.
The Atlantic Championships were held in Cardiff, Wales in May 2019. Along with Sam Tolchard, Jamie Walker, Ian Lesley and David Bolt, Steve made up the 5-man squad. In the Pairs competition Steve and Jamie Walker topped their group. In the semi-finals They beat Malta. In the Final they faced Paul Foster MBE and Alex Marshall MBE, Steve and Jamie won by 1 shot to clinch the Gold Medal.
References
- "Bowls England men's senior international team". Bowls International.
- Bowls England
- Harlow Star retrieved 17 Dec 2010