Michael Stepney

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Michael Stepney
Personal information
Born (1980-12-27) 27 December 1980 (age 45)
Sport
Sportindoor bowls
ClubElgin (indoors)
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking20 (March 2025)
Medal record
Men's bowls
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2025 Yarmouth Open Pairs
WB Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Bristol singles

Michael Stepney (born 1980) is a Scottish indoor bowler.[1] He reached a career high ranking of world number 20 in March 2025.[2]

Bowls career

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He won the Scottish National Singles Championship in 2009 and the British Isles Singles Championship the following year.[1] In 2017, he finished runner-up in the Scottish International Open, losing out to David Gourlay. This helped him break into the WBT top 16 during 2018.[3][4]

In 2022, Stepney won the men's singles gold medal at the inaugural World Bowls Indoor Championships, defeating Stewart Anderson in the final.[5]

Playing with Jason Banks, Stepney won the open pairs title at the 2025 World Indoor Bowls Championship, defeating Jason Greenslade and Robert Paxton in the final.[6]

References

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