Jamie Chestney

Jamie Chestney (born 15 November 1986) is an English male international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

Jamie Chestney
Personal information
Nationality England
Born (1986-11-15) 15 November 1986
Kings Lynn, England
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
ClubKings BC, Torquay (outdoor)
Exonia BC (indoor)

Bowls career

Chestney is a twice national champion winning two National Championship titles in 2004 and 2009.[2]

His first major international medal came in 2012 when he gained a bronze medal at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in the pairs competition with Graham Shadwell.[3] Tow years later he competed for England in the men's fours at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a silver medal.[4]

He finished runner-up in the 2016 International Open and the following year won the Cooperative Funeralcare International Open.

In 2018 he won the World Indoor Open Pairs title with Mark Dawes [5] and then won the Mixed Pairs title the following day with Lesley Doig.[6]

In 2018 he was also selected as part of the English team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland[7] where he claimed a bronze medal in the Fours with David Bolt, Louis Ridout and Sam Tolchard.[8][9]

He was part of the Kings Bowls Club, who have won the Top Club championship four years running from 2016-2019.[10]

Chestney won a third world indoor title when winning the open pairs at the 2021 World Indoor Bowls Championship for the second time with Mark Dawes.[11][12]

Personal life

In 2015 he married fellow bowls international Natalie Melmore.[13]

References

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