Andrew Atwood
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Nationality | British (Welsh) | ||||||||||||||
Born | 11 March 1966 Caerphilly, Wales | (age 58)||||||||||||||
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Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
Club | Caerphilly Town Bowling Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Andrew Atwood (born 11 March 1966) is a Welsh international lawn bowler.[1]
Bowls career
[edit]Atwood was born in Caerphilly, South Wales.[2] Atwood competed for Wales at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in the triples.[3]
In 2007, he won the triples gold medal and fours bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[4][5]
He is a Welsh champion winning the 1996 pairs at the Welsh National Bowls Championships.[6]
Family
[edit]His older sister Julie is a children's author who has written numerous stories incorporating the issue of childhood obsessive compulsive disorder.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bowls: Andrew Atwood in double success in Merthyr West End Open". Wales Online. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ "Index birth entry for Andrew Atwood". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Athletes". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ "2007 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Bowls". The Times. 18 July 2007. p. 61. Retrieved 20 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "WBA Handbook" (PDF). Welsh Bowls.
- ^ "Julie Derrick (née Atwood)'s Waterstones page". Waterstones. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Website of 'The Mind Monsters' books". The Mind Monsters. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
External links
[edit]- Andrew Atwood at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Andrew Atwood at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)