Gary Smith (bowls)

For the current Durham bowler, see Gary R Smith.

Gary Smith
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1958-10-13) 13 October 1958 (age 66)
Sport
ClubBlackheath & Greenwich
Medal record
Representing  England
World Indoor Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 Men's pairs
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Victoria Men's pairs
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 pairs

Gary Andrew Smith (born 13 October 1958) is a former English lawn and indoor bowler and is the Chief Executive of World Bowls. He is not to be confused with the Durham indoor bowler Gary R Smith.

Bowls career

Smith partnered Andy Thomson when they won the 1993 World Indoor Bowls Championship Pairs. He started playing at the age of 15 and played for the Blackheath and Greenwich bowls clubs and the Cyphers indoor club at Beckenham.[1]

Indoors, Smith also won the EIBA Pairs in 1986, 1991 & 1994 and Fours in 1983, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992 & 1993. In 1988 he experienced singles success after winning the EIBA Singles and one year later captured the 1988 CIS Insurance UK singles title.

He represented England in the pairs partnering Andy Thomson, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, and they won a bronze medal.[2][3][4]

He is also a three times outdoor National champion.[5] He won the national pairs in 1992, bowling with Andy Thomson for Blackheath & Greenwich.[6]

Business career

Smith was appointed by World Bowls on 24 August 2001. He is the current Chief Executive Officer and also a Director of the World Bowls Tour.[7]

References

  1. ^ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  2. ^ "1994 Athletes". Team England.
  3. ^ "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
  6. ^ "Shoobridge bid for fourth titel foiled". Maidstone Telegraph. 7 August 1992. Retrieved 22 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Board Structure". World Bowls. Retrieved 4 June 2021.