Stewart Anderson (bowls)

Stewart Anderson (born 1985 in Ayrshire)[1] is a Scottish international bowls player and a world champion indoors.[2][3]

Stewart Anderson
Personal information
NationalityScottish
Born (1985-07-23) 23 July 1985
Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
Sport
SportLawn & indoor bowls
ClubBlantyre (indoors)
Eddlewood (outdoors)
PartnerClaire Walker
Medal record
Men's bowls
Representing  Scotland
World Indoor Championships
2013singles
2016pairs
2019singles
2021mixed pairs
2022open pairs
Atlantic Bowls Championships
2015 Paphostriples
2015 Paphosfours
British Isles Championships
2010fours
WB Indoor Championships
2022 Bristol mixed pairs
2022 Bristol singles

Bowls career

He started bowling aged just 12 with Auchinleck Indoor Juniors and outdoor with Glaisnock Valley.[4]

Having previously been a beaten finalist in the 2010 World Championships (where he lost out to Greg Harlow)[5] Anderson beat Paul Foster in the final match that ended 10-10, 10-9 to secure the 2013 World indoor title.[2]

In 2015 he won the triples gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[6] During the 2016 World Indoor Bowls Championship Anderson partnered up with Darren Burnett and the Scottish pair recorded their first Open Pairs title success.[7]

In 2018 he won the Scottish International Open.[8] Later that season, Anderson became a two-time World Open singles champion, winning the 2019 World Indoor Bowls Championship. He would defeat Simon Skelton in a tie-break in the final, where he would lose only one set in the championships.[9][10]

Anderson won the 2019 Scottish National Bowls Championships pairs title with Steven Shields for Eddlewood BC.[11] In 2020 he won his fourth World indoor title by winning the mixed pairs with Julie Forrest[12] and claimed a fifth when winning the open pairs for the second time with Darren Burnett in 2022.[13]

In 2022, Anderson won the mixed pairs at the inaugural World Bowls Indoor Championships, partnering Alison Merrien MBE, they defeated Michael Stepney and Claire Anderson in the final.[14] He also won the men's singles silver medal, losing to Michael Stepney in the final.

Personal life

He works for a Joiners firm and in 2019 he married Scottish International bowler Claire Walker in April 2019.[15] Stewart was previously engaged to fellow bowls international Kerry Packwood with whom he has a daughter, Emma Jayne.

References
  1. "Profile". Taylor Bowls.
  2. "Stewart Anderson wins World Indoor bowls title". BBC Sport. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  3. Dunwoodie, Anne (28 January 2013). "Bowls: Anderson finally gets better of Foster to win first world indoor singles title". The Herald. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  4. "profile". World Bowls Tour.tv.
  5. "Greg Harlow defeats Stewart Anderson in world final". BBC Sport.
  6. "2015 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  7. "World Indoor Bowls: Darren Burnett and Stewart Anderson take title". BBC Sport.
  8. "2018 SCHEDULE AND SCORES". World Bowls Tour.
  9. "World Indoor Bowls: Stewart Anderson wins second title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  10. "Anderson claims second World Indoor title after beating Skelton in tie-break". Great Yarmouth Mercury.
  11. "Second stage results". Bowls Scotland.
  12. "Julie Forrest: Borders bowler wins world championships title". Peebleshire News. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  13. "Arbroath bowls ace Darren Burnett claims fifth world title after Potters Resort pairs success". The Courier. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  14. "Anderson And Merrien Claim World Bowls Indoor Mixed Pairs Title". Bowls International. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  15. "A chat with your 2019 Open Singles bowls winner, Stewart Anderson". Potters Holidays.
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