Ross Davis (bowls)

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Ross Davis
Personal information
NicknameRossco
NationalityBritish (Jersey)
Born (1994-03-05) 5 March 1994 (age 30)
Jersey, United Kingdom
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubSun BC
Medal record
Representing  Jersey
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Cardiff pairs
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 fours
Gold medal – first place 2018 singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 pairs
Gold medal – first place 2023 pairs

Ross Davis (born 1994) is an international lawn bowls player from Jersey. He became the British singles champion after winning the British Isles Bowls Championships in 2018.

Bowls career[edit]

Commonwealth Games[edit]

Davis represented Jersey at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia. He competed in the triples event where the team reached the quarter-finals.[1] In October 2021, Davis was selected to represent Jersey in the 2022 Commonwealth Games being held in Birmingham. In 2022, he competed in the men's singles and the men's pairs at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[2]

Other events[edit]

Davis has won three British titles, he won the blue riband event (the singles) in 2018 in addition to the 2016 fours and 2019 pairs.[3] In 2019 he won the pairs bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[4] In 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[5]

In 2023, he won the pairs title for the second time, with Malcolm De Sousa at the British Isles Bowls Championships, held in Ayr.[6]

He is the Junior Vice President of Bowls Jersey.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Participants". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. ^ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
  4. ^ "2019 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  5. ^ "2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: COMPETING COUNTRIES". Bowls Australia.
  6. ^ "ENGLAND WINNERS TRIUMPH AT BRITISH ISLES CHAMPIONSHIPS". Bowls England. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  7. ^ "About Us". Bowls Jersey.