Sam Tolchard
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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 May 1989 Torquay, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Torquay Utd (indoors) Kings BC (outdoors) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 16 (August 2024)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sam Tolchard (born 27 May 1989) is an English international lawn and indoor bowler.[2][3] He reached a career high ranking of world number 16 in September 2024.[4]
Profile
[edit | edit source]In 2009, he won the singles and triples silver medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[5][6] and the following year in 2010, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs title with Robert Newman.[7]
He competed for England in the men's pairs at the 2014 Commonwealth Games[8] where he won a bronze medal.[9][10]
He was selected as part of the English team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland[11] where he claimed a bronze medal in the Fours with David Bolt, Jamie Chestney and Louis Ridout.[12][13]
In 2019, he won the triples bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[14] and 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.[15] In 2022, he competed in the men's pairs and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[16] Partnering Jamie Walker he won the pairs silver medal, losing out to Wales in the final and in the fours he also secured a bronze medal.[17]
In November 2022, he won the gold medal at the World Singles Champion of Champions in Wellington, New Zealand.[18]
In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent England at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[19] He participated in the men's singles and the men's pairs events.[20][21] In the singles, he won his group undfeated but then lost to Iain McLean at the quarter final stage.
In November 2025, he won the singles gold medal at the 2025 Bowls World Cup, defeating Dinesh Kumar in the final.[22]
National Achievements
[edit | edit source]He has won nine National Championship titles, including six singles titles.[23][24] He bowls outdoors for Kings BC, who have won the Top Club championship four years running from 2016 to 2019.[25]
National titles
- 2007 Bowls England National Championships (Men's Champion of Champions)
- 2008 Bowls England National Championships (Men's Singles Four Wood)
- 2016 Bowls England National Championships (men's pairs)
- 2016 Bowls England National Championships (Men's Singles Two Wood)
- 2019 Bowls England National Championships (Men's Champion of Champions)
- 2021 Bowls England National Championships (Men's Singles Four Wood)
- 2021 Bowls England National Championships (Men's Singles Two Wood)
- 2022 Bowls England National Championships (Men's Singles Two Wood)
- 2025 Bowls England National Championships (men's pairs)
Personal life and family
[edit | edit source]Tolchard is the brother of England international bowler Sophie Tolchard.[26] His father, Ray Tolchard, played cricket for Devon and was a first-class cricket umpire, and his uncle Roger Tolchard played Test cricket for England and county cricket for Leicestershire. Another uncle, Jeffrey Tolchard, also played cricket for Leicestershire and played football for Torquay United and Exeter City.[27]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Sam Tolchard at Team England
- Sam Tolchard at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)Lua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). (2010–2014)
- Sam Tolchard at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Samuel Tolchard at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Sam Tolchard at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- 1989 births
- Living people
- English male bowls players
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from Torquay
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century English sportsmen
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in lawn bowls