Ross Owen
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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 January 1994 Mountain Ash, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Harlequins (outdoors) Cynon Valley (indoors) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 21 (August 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ross Owen (born 6 January 1994) is a Welsh lawn and indoor bowler.
He is a Welsh international[1][2] and reached a career high ranking of world number 21 in August 2024.[3]
Bowls career
[edit]Owen won the Welsh National Bowls Championships fours in 2017 and the following year the triples, both National titles were won when bowling for Harlequins BC.[4] He was the National Indoor Pairs Champion in 2014.[5] In 2015 he won the fours bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[6]
Owen bowls for Harlequins (outdoors) and Cynon Valley (indoors)[7] and was selected for the Welsh team for the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Avonhead, Christchurch, New Zealand[8] and the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia.
In 2019, he won the fours bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[9] and in 2020, he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10] In 2021, Owen reached the final of the pairs and fours at the 2021 Welsh National Bowls Championships.[11]
In 2022, he competed in the men's triples, where he won a bronze medal and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[12]
In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent Wales at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[13] He participated in the men's triples and the men's fours events.[14][15] Also in 2023, he won his third national title but first singles at the Welsh nationals.
In 2024, he won the singles title at the British Isles Bowls Championships.[16] In 2024, Owen also won the 2024 Welsh National Indoor singles & triples, which qualified him to represent Wales at the 2025 World Bowls Indoor Championships.[17] Subsequently in 2025, Owen paired with Lauren Gowen won the silver medal in the mixed pairs event at the 2025 World Bowls Indoor Championships in Aberdeen.[18]
References
[edit]- ^ "Welsh International Team 2017". Welsh Bowling Association.
- ^ "International Team 2018". Welsh Indoor Bowls.
- ^ "Male rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ "Kevin James Is Welsh Men's Singles Champion". Bowls International.
- ^ "Ross Owen". Taylor Bowls.
- ^ "2015 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ "Honours Board". RTB Ebbw Vale B.C.
- ^ "Ebbw Vale pair heading to New Zealand for World Championships". South Wales Argus.
- ^ "2019 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ "Latest News". Welsh Bowls.
- ^ "2021 National Finals". Welsh Bowls. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "British Bowls Championships report". Bowls England. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "2024 National Finals Winners". Welsh Indoor Bowls. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ "2025 World Bowls Indoor Championships: Final day recap". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
External links
[edit]- Ross Owen at Team Wales
- Ross Owen at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Ross Owen at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Welsh male bowls players
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Wales
- Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century Welsh sportsmen
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls