Catherine Popple

Catherine Popple
(née Catherine Anton)
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
BornCatherine Ivy Anton
(1965-05-05) 5 May 1965 (age 61)
Sport
ClubParkway BC
Peterborough & District BC
Medal record
Representing  England
Lawn bowls
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place1998 Kuala Lumpurfours
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Silver medal – second place1999 Cape Townfours
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place2006triples
Gold medal – first place2005fours
Gold medal – first place2008fours

Catherine Ivy Popple née Anton (born 5 May 1965) is a former English international lawn bowler. Popple was an England international for 26 years, representing her country from 1987 to 2012.

Bowls career

Anton represented England in the fours event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

In 1998 she represented England at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur and won a bronze medal in the fours event with Norma Shaw, Mandy Jacklin and Shirley Page.

In 1999 she won the fours silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.

Anton is also an eleven times national champion representing Huntingdonshire, one singles, one pairs, one triples, four fours and four junior.

In 2024, Popple was appointed as a national selector for Bowls England.

Personal life

She married fellow bowler Stuart Popple.

References

  1. ↑ "Athlete profile". 2006 Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. ↑ "Catherine Anton profile". Bowls Tawa.
  3. 1 2 "Catherine Popple appointed as Bowls England selector". Bowls England. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "Hopes Alive". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. 26 January 1987. Retrieved 23 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "1994 Athletes". Team England.
  6. ↑ "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  7. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  8. ↑ "THOSE WERE THE DAYS... Local sporting highlights from this week in years gone by". Peterborough News.
  9. ↑ "KUALA LUMPUR 1998: Bronze Medallists". Commonwealth Games England. Archived from the original on 31 January 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  10. ↑ "'Johnston maintains dominance' (1999)". The Times. 29 March 1999. p. 31. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.[dead link]
  11. ↑ "'For the Record' (1999)". The Times. 25 March 1999. p. 53. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.[dead link]
  12. ↑ "Past Records". Bowls England. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  13. ↑ "Bowls: Leaders beat Brett, but can he topple Popple?". Peterborough News.