Ben Twist
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| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||
| Born | 1 June 1990 | |||||||||||
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| Club | St Johns Park BC | |||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 14 (September 2024)[1] | |||||||||||
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Ben Twist (born 1 June 1990) is an Australian international lawn bowler.[2]
Bowls career
[edit]He started bowling in 2003 and his first success was the Queensland state triples in 2007. He won the Australian Open triples in 2010 and made his international debut in 2018.[3]
Twist became the Australian national champion after winning the 2019 Australian National Bowls Championships triples title.[4]
In 2018, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic singles title, having previously won the pairs with Jesse Noronha in 2017.[5] In 2021, he won his second Australian Open crown, this time in the fours.[6]
In 2022, he competed in the men's triples and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[7] Twist, along with Carl Healey and Barrie Lester won the silver medal.[8] Later in 2022, he won a third Australian Open.
In 2023, he won his fourth Australian Open, after a second successive pairs win with Aaron Wilson.[9] Later in October, Twist won the Australian Nationals fours title with Craig Donaldson, Mathew Pietersen and David Ferguson.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Male rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Ben Twist". Bowls Tawa. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ "Ben Twist Profile". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ "2019 Australian Championships Men's triples". Bowls Australia.
- ^ "HONG KONG GOLD FOR BEN TWIST AND AUSSIE PAIR". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ "Honour Roll". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 26 July 2021.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: England's men take gold in lawn bowls triples". BBC. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Honour Roll". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ "Day 13 recap". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 28 June 2024.