Katherine Rednall

Katherine Rednall (born 1996) is an English lawn and indoor bowler from Stowmarket.

Katherine Rednall
Personal information
Nationality England
Born (1996-01-07) 7 January 1996
Ipswich
Sport
ClubIpswich & District (indoors)
Felixstowe & Suffolk BC (outdoors)[1]
Medal record
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold CoastWomen's triples
World Indoor Bowls Championships
2014 YarmouthWomen's singles
2016 YarmouthMixed pairs
2017 YarmouthWomen's singles
2018 YarmouthWomen's singles

Bowls career

Indoors

Rednall became the youngest ever winner of a World Indoor Bowls title after she won the 2014 World Indoor Bowls Championship Women's Singles at the age of just 18.[2] Rednall reached the final of the 2015 World Indoor Bowls Championship losing out to Laura Thomas in the decider.[3] Rednall experienced further success after winning the Mixed Pairs title in 2016 with bowls partner Darren Burnett.[4]

She won a second singles title in 2017 after defeating Ellen Falkner in the final [5] and a third singles title during the 2018 World Indoor Bowls Championship defeating Rebecca Field in the final.[6]

During the 2021 World Indoor Bowls Championship she was seven months pregnant and performed well reaching the women's final, the mixed pairs semi final and was also the first woman to reach the Open singles quarter final.[7][8]

Outdoors

She was selected as part of the English team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland [9] where she won a bronze medal in the Triples with Ellen Falkner and Sian Honnor.[10]

In 2020 she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[11]

Personal life

Rednall is the daughter of England international John Rednall.[12] She studied for a degree in fashion and textiles at the University of Essex and enjoys playing the saxophone.[10]

References
  1. "Profile". Heneslite.
  2. "Rednall Becomes Youngest ever winner". BBC Sport.
  3. "Rednall through to final". Ipswich Star.
  4. "Burnett & Rednall win mixed pairs". BBC Sport.
  5. "World Indoor Bowls Championship 2017: Rednall beats Falkner to win second title". BBC Sport.
  6. "World Indoor Bowls Championship 2018: Rednall beats Field to win third title". BBC Sport.
  7. "Wales' Laura Daniels wins World Indoor Bowls final". BBC. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  8. "Daniels recovers from dropping first set to win ladies singles title at World Indoor Bowls Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  9. "2018 Commonwealth Games team". Team England.
  10. "Katherine Rednall Commonwealth Games profile". 2018 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  11. "SELECTION: 2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Bowls England.
  12. "THE EXTRA END PODCAST EPISODE 5 – JOHN AND KATHERINE REDNALL". Bowls England. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
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