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| Nationality | English | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 January 1975 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn & indoor bowls | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Rookery (outdoors) Mid Suffolk (indoors) | |||||||||||||||||
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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]
References
- ^ a b c "Profile". World Bowls Tour.
- ^ "Past records". Bowls England.
- ^ "Royal shows he is worthy champion". The Times.
- ^ "Daily Round Up". Bowls England. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ "Daily Round Up". Bowls England. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Mark Royal". World Bowls Tour. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "Royal marks World Bowls awards double". Lowestoft Journal. 27 January 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- ^ "JACK AND BOWL LIMITED people - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2023.