Darren Burnett
Darren William Burnett (born 27 May 1976 in Arbroath, is a Scottish lawn bowler and indoor bowler.[1]
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Scotland |
Born | Arbroath | 27 May 1976
Sport | |
Sport | Lawn bowls |
Club | Arbroath & District (indoor) Arbroath BC (outdoors) |
Medal record
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Bowls career
Commonwealth Games
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he won a gold medal in men's singles after defeating Canada's Ryan Bester.[2] In 2018 he was selected as part of the Scottish team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland[3] where he claimed another gold medal in the Triples with Ronnie Duncan and Derek Oliver.[4]
World Championships
He has won four medals at the World Bowls Championship. The first came during the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch when he won a silver medal and then four years later won a gold and bronze during the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in the pairs and triples. The fourth medal was in the singles at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch.[5] In 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[6]
World Indoor Championships
He has a good record indoors and was the singles world champion in 2014. Burnett enjoyed a very successful 2016 World Indoor Bowls Championship after securing both the Open Pairs title with Stewart Anderson[7] and the Mixed Pairs title with Katherine Rednall.[8]
Nationals
Burnett has won the two Scottish National Bowls Championships singles titles in 2002 and 2005 [9][10] and subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 2003 and 2006.[11]
Other events
Other major wins include winning the World Singles Champion of Champions in 2006,[12] the 1991 & 2001 Scottish International Open, the 2008 International Open, the 2010 Welsh International Open.[13]
References
- "Profile". Bowls tawa.
- "Glasgow 2014: Darren Burnett clinches gold number 17 for Scotland in men's singles lawn bowls". Daily News. Aug 1, 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- "2018 Commonwealth Games profile". Team Scotland.
- "Commonwealth Games: Scotland beat Australia to win gold in bowls men's triple final". BBC Sport.
- "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
- "World Bowls Championships 2020 Team Announcement". Bowls Scotland.
- "World Indoor Bowls: Darren Burnett and Stewart Anderson take title". BBC Sport.
- "Burnett & Rednall win mixed pairs". BBC Sport.
- "Burnett roars to a famous singles win". The Times.
- "BOWLS: HAT-TRICK HERO IS TOO DARREN GOOD". Daily Record.
- "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
- "Champion of Champion finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
- "Bowls: Darren Burnett takes Welsh title". The Scotsman. 6 February 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- "Profile". World Bowls Tour.