Simon Skelton

Simon Skelton
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1972-04-07) 7 April 1972 (age 54)
Medal record
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2002Men's fours
World Indoor Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place2011Mixed pairs
Gold medal – first place2015Men's pairs
Silver medal – second place2019Men's Singles

Simon Skelton is an English international lawn and indoor bowler.

Bowls career

Skelton bowls for the Nottingham indoor club and Stute outdoor bowls club. During the 2002 Commonwealth Games he was part of the fours that won the gold medal with John Ottaway, Robert Newman and David Holt.

In addition to his international achievements he also won a National Championship title in 2009 representing Derbyshire and Stute BC.

In 2011 he won the mixed pairs title at the 2011 World Indoor Bowls Championship with Alison Merrien and in 2015 World Indoor Bowls Championship he won the open pairs title with Robert Paxton.

He reached the final of the open singles at the 2019 World Indoor Bowls Championship as a qualifier but lost to Stewart Anderson in the final. He also lost to Anderson in the final of the 2019 Scottish International Open.

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. ↑ "Skelton Player Profile". World Bowls Tour.
  3. ↑ "Athlete Profile". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. ↑ "Past Records". Bowls England.
  5. ↑ "Bowls - Merrien and Skelton win all-British final in tie-break". BBC News. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "World Indoor Bowls: Robert Paxton and Simon Skelton take pairs title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "World Indoor Bowls: Stewart Anderson wins second title". BBC Sport.
  8. ↑ "Anderson claims second World Indoor title after beating Skelton in tie-break". Great Yarmouth Mercury.
  9. ↑ "Anderson claims Scottish International Open for the second time". Daily Record. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2023.