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Mark Harding (bowls)

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Mark Harding
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Born (1971-06-05) 5 June 1971 (age 53)[1]
Cardiff, Wales
Sport
ClubEly Valley BC
Cardiff IBC
Medal record
Representing  Wales
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Paphos fours
Welsh Nationals
Gold medal – first place 2022 triples

Mark Harding (born 1971) is a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler.[2]

Bowls career

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Outdoors

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Harding won the fours bronze medal at the 2011 Atlantic Bowls Championships.[3]

He was selected to represent Wales in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where he competed in the pairs and the fours events, reaching the quarter-finals of both.[4][1] In 2021, he finished runner-up in the men's triples at the 2021 Welsh National Bowls Championships.[5]

In 2022, Harding won his first national title after winning the triples with Cory Bayliss and Hugh Morris, bowling for the Ely Valley club.[6]

Indoors

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He has also won two national Welsh indoor titles.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mark Harding biography". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Wales V Jackaroos Team Selected". Welsh Bowls. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  3. ^ "2011 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  5. ^ "2021 National Finals". Welsh Bowls. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  6. ^ "2022 National Championships". Welsh Bowls. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Bowls: Cardiff's Mark Harding and Phil Rowlands reclaim pairs title". Wales online. 15 April 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2021.