Stewart Anderson (bowls)
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| Nationality |  Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 July 1985 Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5”10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn & indoor bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Blantyre (indoors) Eddlewood (outdoors) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Claire Walker | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Stewart Anderson (born 1985 in Ayrshire)[1] is a Scottish international bowls player and a world champion indoors.[2][3]
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]
During the 2016 World Indoor Bowls Championship Anderson partnered up with Darren Burnett and the Scottish pair recorded their first Open Pairs title success.[6]
In 2018 he won the Scottish International Open.[7] 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.[8][9]
Anderson won the 2019 Scottish National Bowls Championships pairs title with Steven Shields for Eddlewood BC.[10]
Personal life
He works for a Joiners firm and in 2019 he married Scottish International bowler Claire Walker in April 2019.[11] Stewart was previously engaged to fellow bowls international Kerry Packwood with whom he has a daughter, Emma Jayne.
References
- ^ "Profile". Taylor Bowls.
- ^ a b "Stewart Anderson wins World Indoor bowls title". BBC Sport. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "profile". World Bowls Tour.tv.
- ^ "Greg Harlow defeats Stewart Anderson in world final". BBC Sport.
- ^ "World Indoor Bowls: Darren Burnett and Stewart Anderson take title". BBC Sport.
- ^ "2018 SCHEDULE AND SCORES". World Bowls Tour.
- ^ "World Indoor Bowls: Stewart Anderson wins second title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ "Anderson claims second World Indoor title after beating Skelton in tie-break". Great Yarmouth Mercury.
- ^ "Second stage results". Bowls Scotland.
- ^ "A chat with your 2019 Open Singles bowls winner, Stewart Anderson". Potters Holidays.