Bowls Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games sport since the inaugural edition of the event's precursor, the 1930 British Empire Games . It is a core sport and must be included in the sporting programme of each edition of the Games; however, it was not included in the programme of the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica due to no sufficient bowling greens being available. Along with swimming, athletics, cycling, table tennis, powerlifting and triathlon, bowls is one of the EAD (Elite Athletes with a Disability) sports.
Editions [ 1]
Games
Year
Host city
Host country
Best Nation
I 1930 Hamilton, Ontario File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Canada File:Flag of England.svg England
II 1934 London File:Flag of England.svg England File:Flag of England.svg England
III 1938 Sydney , New South Wales File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
IV 1950 Auckland File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
V 1954 Vancouver , British Columbia File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Canada File:Flag of Southern Rhodesia.svg Southern Rhodesia ,File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg South Africa
VI 1958 Cardiff File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg South Africa
VII 1962 Perth , Western Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia File:Flag of England.svg England
IX 1970 Edinburgh File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland File:Flag of England.svg England
X 1974 Christchurch File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand File:Flag of England.svg England
XI 1978 Edmonton , Alberta File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada File:Flag of Hong Kong (1959–1997).svg Hong Kong
XII 1982 Brisbane , Queensland File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
XIII 1986 Edinburgh File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland File:Flag of Wales 2.svg Wales
XIV 1990 Auckland File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
XV 1994 Victoria , British Columbia File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
XVI 1998 Kuala Lumpur File:Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg Malaysia File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
XVII 2002 Manchester File:Flag of England.svg England File:Flag of England.svg England
XVIII 2006 Melbourne , Victoria File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
XIX 2010 Delhi File:Flag of India.svg India File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
XX 2014 Glasgow File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
XXI 2018 Gold Coast , Queensland File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
XXII 2022 Birmingham File:Flag of England.svg England File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
Commonwealth champions Commonwealth champions tabulated:[ 2]
Men's singles Men's pairs Men's triples Men's fours
Year
Winner
1930
England Ernie Gudgeon , James Edney , James Frith & Albert Hough
1934
England Robert Slater , Ernie Gudgeon , Percy Tomlinson & Fred Biggin
1938
New Zealand Bill Bremner , Alec Robertson , Ernie Jury & Bill Whittaker
1950
South Africa Herbert Currer , Harry Atkinson , Alfred Blumberg & Snowy Walker
1954
South Africa Frank Mitchell , George Wilson , John Anderson & Wilfred Randall
1958
England Norman King , John Bettles , Walter Phillips & John Scadgell
1962
England David Bryant , Les Watson , Sidney Drysdale & Tom Fleming
1970
Hong Kong Abdul Kitchell , Saco Delgado , George Souza Sr. & Roberto da Silva
1974
New Zealand Kerry Clark , David Baldwin , John Somerville & Gordon Jolly
1978
Hong Kong Philip Chok , M B Hassan Jr. , Omar Dallah & Roberto da Silva
Year
Winner
1982
Australia Rob Dobbins , Keith Poole , Bert Sharp & Don Sherman
1986
Wales Hafod Thomas , Jim Morgan , Robert Weale & Will Thomas
1990
Scotland Denis Love , George Adrain , Ian Bruce & Willie Wood
1994
South Africa Alan Lofthouse , Donald Piketh , Neil Burkett & Robert Rayfield
1998
Northern Ireland Gary McCloy , Ian McClure (1/2) , Martin McHugh (1/2) & Neil Booth
2002
England John Ottaway , Simon Skelton , Robert Newman & David Holt
2014
Scotland Alex Marshall (1/2) , Paul Foster (1/2) , Neil Speirs & David Peacock
2018
Scotland Alex Marshall (2/2) , Paul Foster (2/2) , Derek Oliver & Ronnie Duncan
2022
Northern Ireland Sam Barkley , Adam McKeown , Ian McClure (2/2) , Martin McHugh (2/2)
Women's singles Women's pairs Women's triples Women's fours
Year
Winner
1986
Wales Linda Parker , Linda Evans , Joan Ricketts & Rita Jones
1990
Australia Audrey Rutherford , Daphne Shaw , Dorothy Roche , Marion Stevens
1994
South Africa Anna Pretorius , Colleen Grondein , Hester Bekker (1/2) , Lorna Trigwell (1/2)
1998
South Africa Loraine Victor , Trish Steyn , Hester Bekker (2/2) , Lorna Trigwell (2/2)
Year
Winner
2002
England Ellen Alexander , Shirley Page , Gill Mitchell , Carol Duckworth
2014
South Africa Esme Steyn , Santjie Steyn , Tracy-Lee Botha , Susan Nel
2018
Australia Carla Krizanic , Kelsey Cottrell , Natasha Scott , Rebecca Van Asch
2022
India Rupa Rani Tirkey , Nayanmoni Saikia , Lovely Choubey , Pinki Singh
Para-sport
Men's blind singles
Men's Pairs
Women's blind singles
Women's Pairs
All-time Overall medal table *Note : From editions 1994 to 2002, two bronze medals were awarded in each event.
Updated after the 2022 Commonwealth Games Lawn Bowls All-Time Medal Table *Note : From editions 1994 to 2002, two bronze medals were awarded in each event.
Updated after the 2022 Commonwealth Games Para-Lawn Bowls All-time medal table *Note : From editions 1994 to 2002, two bronze medals were awarded in each event.
Para-Lawns bowls appeared in editions 1994, 2002, 2014-22 Updated after the 2022 Commonwealth Games See also References External links
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