Harry Goodwin (bowls)
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn & indoor bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Appleyard BC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 5 (September 2024)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Harry Goodwin (born 1997) is an English international lawn and Indoor bowler.[2][3]
Bowls career
[edit]Goodwin began bowling at Totnes BC, when being introduced to bowls by his grandfather Reg in 2003.[4]
Goodwin won national titles for Britain's top team Kings BC in Torquay, when winning the Club Two Fours in 2016 and 2017 and the Top Club four times from 2016 to 2019. Additionally, representing Devon he was part of the county team that won the White Rose Trophy twice and the prestigious Middleton Cup four times.[2]
He has twice won the Junior pairs title at the English national bowls championships in 2018 and 2021[5] and in-between was called up to the senior England team in 2019.
In February 2022, he won 'England male rising star' at the Bowls England Awards Night.[2] Later that summer, he won the Champion of champions, when bowling for his new club Appleyard BC.[6] He moved clubs from Kings to Appleyard because he had moved to Kent with his partner.[4]
At the end of 2022, he won the men's singles and pairs titles at the IIBC Championships.[7] In 2023, he represented England at the IIBC Championships in East Kilbride.[8] In 2024, Goodwin was defeated by Jamie Walker in the men's singles final at the national championships.
References
[edit]- ^ "Male rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ a b c "BOWLS NXGEN, HARRY GOODWIN". Bowls England. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Goodwin determined to change public perception of bowls". The Renfrewshire Gazette. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Harry Goodwin Looks Back on a Memorable Year". English Indoor Bowls Association. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Past Records". Bowls England. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "2022 National Championships". Bowls England. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ "2022 IIBC Junior Championships". Bowls International. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Indoor bowls: Guernsey pair take on world best in U25 championship". The Bailiwick Express. Retrieved 11 January 2024.