Stewart Anderson (bowls)

Stewart Anderson (born 1985 in Ayrshire)[1] is a Scottish international bowls player and a world champion indoors.[2][3]

Stewart Anderson
Personal information
Nationality Scotland
Born (1985-07-23) 23 July 1985
Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
Height5”10
Sport
SportLawn & indoor bowls
ClubBlantyre (indoors)
Eddlewood (outdoors)
PartnerClaire Walker

Bowls career

He started bowling aged just 12 with Auchinleck Indoor Juniors and outdoor with Glaisnock Valley.[4]

Having previously been a beaten finalist in the 2010 World Championships (where he lost out to Greg Harlow)[5] Anderson beat Paul Foster in the final match that ended 10-10, 10-9 to secure the 2013 World indoor title.[2] During the 2016 World Indoor Bowls Championship Anderson partnered up with Darren Burnett and the Scottish pair recorded their first Open Pairs title success.[6]

In 2018 he won the Scottish International Open.[7] Later that season, Anderson became a two-time World Open singles champion, winning the 2019 World Indoor Bowls Championship. He would defeat Simon Skelton in a tie-break in the final, where he would lose only one set in the championships.[8][9]

Anderson won the 2019 Scottish National Bowls Championships pairs title with Steven Shields for Eddlewood BC.[10] In 2020 he won his fourth World indoor title by winning the mixed pairs with Julie Forrest.[11]

Personal life

He works for a Joiners firm and in 2019 he married Scottish International bowler Claire Walker in April 2019.[12] Stewart was previously engaged to fellow bowls international Kerry Packwood with whom he has a daughter, Emma Jayne.

References

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