Carla Banks
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 February 1999 [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Inverurie BC (outdoors) Garioch IBC (indoors) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Carla Banks (born 1999) is a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
Bowls career
[edit]Banks won the 2015 Under 18 National Singles and the 2017 Under 25 National Singles.[1]
In 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia, as the women's team travelling reserve but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] She made her debut at the World Indoor Championships during the 2021 World Indoor Bowls Championship[3] and reached the mixed pairs final with Robert Paxton before losing out to Stewart Anderson and Julie Forrest in the final.[4]
In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent Scotland at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[5] She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events.[6][7] In the fours, her team won the bronze medal. Banks won double silver in the triples and fours at the 2024 European Bowls Championships.
Family
[edit]Her father Colin Banks and her brother Jason Banks are both international bowlers.[2][8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Carla Banks profile". Henselite.
- ^ a b "World Bowls Championships 2020 Team Announcement". Bowls Scotland.
- ^ "Draw and results". World Bowls.
- ^ "Julie Forrest: Borders bowler wins world championships title". Peebleshire News. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Men's Super Series along with current Women's National Champions taking the Ladies Title". Bowls Scotland.