Ryan Bester

Ryan Bester

Personal information
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1984-12-07) 7 December 1984 Hanover, Ontario
Sport
Sport	Bowls
Club	Hanover LBC / Broadbeach BC
Medal record Representing Canada World Outdoor Championships Gold medal – first place 2004 Ayr pairs Bronze medal – third place 2008 Christchurch singles Silver medal – second place 2012 Adelaide singles Bronze medal – third place 2012 Adelaide pairs Silver medal – second place 2016 Christchurch singles Gold medal – first place 2023 Gold Coast singles Bronze medal – third place 2023 Gold Coast pairs Commonwealth Games Bronze medal – third place 2006 Melbourne singles Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow singles Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast singles Asia Pacific Bowls Championships Gold medal – first place 2005 Melbourne singles Silver medal – second place 2007 Christchurch singles Bronze medal – third place 2007 Christchurch pairs Bronze medal – third place 2011 Adelaide pairs Bronze medal – third place 2011 Adelaide fours Gold medal – first place 2015 Christchurch pairs Silver medal – second place 2019 Gold Coast singles Bronze medal – third place 2019 Gold Coast pairs Atlantic Bowls Championships Gold medal – first place 2007 Ayr singles

Ryan George Peter Bester (born 7 December 1984 in Hanover, Canada) is a Canadian lawn bowler.

Bowls career

World Outdoor Championships

Bester won the gold medal in the pairs with Keith Roney at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Ayr. After winning a bronze in the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship he finished runner-up to Leif Selby in the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship men's singles. He won his fifth World Championship medal when winning a silver medal in the singles at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch.

In 2020, he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2023, he was selected again by Canada for the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. He participated in the men's pairs and the men's fours events. In the pairs, Bester qualified in first place with John Bezear in his group before being eliminated at the semi final stage, after losing to Ireland. However one week later, in the singles he went on to win the gold medal after beating Gary Kelly in the final.

Commonwealth Games

He clinched the silver medal in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in lawn bowling. He also won bronze medal in 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

In November 2017, Bester was named to Canada's 2018 Commonwealth Games team. During the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland he won a silver medal in the singles. In 2022, he competed in the men's singles and the men's pairs at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Asia Pacific and Atlantic

Bester has won eight medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, a singles gold in 2005, a silver in the singles and bronze in the pairs in 2007, double bronze in 2011 and a pairs gold in 2015. His seventh and eighth medals came in with a singles silver and pairs bronze at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland. In 2007 he won the singles gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.

External links

• Ryan Bester at Bowls Canada
• Ryan Bester at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived) (2002–2014)
• Ryan Bester at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Ryan Bester at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Ryan Bester at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Ryan Bester at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games