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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 March 1966 (1966-03-11) (age 58) Caerphilly, Wales | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Caerphilly Town Bowling Club | ||||||||||||||
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Andrew Atwood (born 11 March 1966) is a Welsh international lawn bowler.
Bowls career
Atwood was born in Caerphilly, South Wales. Atwood competed for Wales at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in the triples.
In 2007, he won the triples gold medal and fours bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships
He is a Welsh champion winning the 1996 pairs at the Welsh National Bowls Championships.
Family
His older sister Julie is a children's author who has written numerous stories incorporating the issue of childhood obsessive compulsive disorder.
References
- "Bowls: Andrew Atwood in double success in Merthyr West End Open". Wales Online. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- "Index birth entry for Andrew Atwood". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- "Athletes". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- "2007 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- "Bowls". The Times. 18 July 2007. p. 61. Retrieved 20 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- "WBA Handbook" (PDF). Welsh Bowls.
- "Julie Derrick (née Atwood)'s Waterstones page". Waterstones. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- "Website of 'The Mind Monsters' books". The Mind Monsters. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
External links
- Andrew Atwood at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Andrew Atwood at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
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