Mark Harding (bowls)
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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 June 1971[1] Cardiff, Wales | |||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Ely Valley BC Cardiff IBC | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mark Harding (born 1971) is a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler.[2]
Bowls career
[edit]Outdoors
[edit]Harding won the fours bronze medal at the 2011 Atlantic Bowls Championships.[3]
He was selected to represent Wales in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where he competed in the pairs and the fours events, reaching the quarter-finals of both.[4][1] In 2021, he finished runner-up in the men's triples at the 2021 Welsh National Bowls Championships.[5]
In 2022, Harding won his first national title after winning the triples with Cory Bayliss and Hugh Morris, bowling for the Ely Valley club.[6]
Indoors
[edit]He has also won two national Welsh indoor titles.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mark Harding biography". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ "Wales V Jackaroos Team Selected". Welsh Bowls. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ "2011 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ "2021 National Finals". Welsh Bowls. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "2022 National Championships". Welsh Bowls. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ "Bowls: Cardiff's Mark Harding and Phil Rowlands reclaim pairs title". Wales online. 15 April 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2021.