Mark Dawes
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 7 January 1983 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Lawn & indoor bowls |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Highest world ranking | 21 (November 2025)[1] |
Medal record | |
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Mark Dawes (born 1983) is an English international lawn and indoor bowler and a four times world indoor champion.[2]
Bowls career
[edit | edit source]He won the Men's National Junior title in 2005 at the National Championships.[3] By 2014, he had reached a career high world indoor ranking of 8.[4]
In 2018, he won the World Indoor Open Pairs title with Jamie Chestney.[5] and then followed this by taking the World Open Singles Championship, defeating Robert Paxton in a hard fought final. Dawes had been the player of the tournament and Paxton did well to take the final to a tie break.[6]
In 2020, his indoor club, Blackpool Newton Hall BC, permanently closed and Dawes was forced to find a new club.[7]
Despite the loss of his club he won a third world indoor title when winning the open pairs at the 2021 World Indoor Bowls Championship for the second time with Jamie Chestney.[8][9] Dawes then reproduced his good form to win the singles event for the second time, defeating Greg Harlow in the final 10-3 11-5 and record a fourth world indoor title in total.[10][11]
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