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David Harding (bowls)

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David Harding
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubPenylan BC
Medal record
Representing  Wales
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Johannesburg triples
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Johannesburg fours
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 fours
Welsh Nationals
Gold medal – first place 2002 fours
Gold medal – first place 2015 pairs
Gold medal – first place 2021 fours
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Portugal pairs
Gold medal – first place 2011 Portugal mixed
Gold medal – first place 2011 Portugal team

David Harding is a Welsh international lawn bowler and indoor.[1]

Bowls career

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Outdoors

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In 2009, he won the triples and fours bronze medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[2] In 2011, he won three gold medals at the European Bowls Championships in Portugal.[3]

He is a three times Welsh National champion winning the 2002 and 2021 fours and 2015 pairs at the Welsh National Bowls Championships and became a British champion winning the 2003 fours at the British Isles Bowls Championships.[4][5]

Harding is a former board member of Welsh Bowls[6] and holds the record for most appearances for South Glamorgan.[7]

Indoors

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Harding has also been capped by the Welsh indoor national team.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Sky Sports Extra". Sunday World (Dublin). 7 November 2004. p. 167. Retrieved 19 September 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "2007 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. ^ "2011 results". Bowls Europe. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  5. ^ "2021 National Finals". Welsh Bowls. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Announcements". Bowls Wales. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Bowls: Harding poised to break South Glamorgan milestone of Mounty". Wales Online. August 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Welsh Indoor Trial Teams Announced". Bowls International. Retrieved 19 September 2021.