Katherine Hawes
English female lawn and indoor bowler
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Katherine Elizabeth Alice Hawes-Watts (born 1969) is an English lawn and indoor bowler international.[2]
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 December 1969 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn / indoor bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Oxford City & County BC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bowls career
International events
In 1997 she won the pairs gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships with Mary Price.[3][4]
The following year she represented England at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the pairs again with Mary Price, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[5][6]
In 1999 she won a fours silver at the Atlantic Championships in Cape Town[7][8] and the following year she won a triples silver medal at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Moama, Australia.[9]
National events
Hawes won national titles[10] in 1992 (National triples),[11] 1997 (1997 National Two Wood singles)[12] 2010 (2010 National Champion of Champions), 2014 (National fours) and 2015 (National pairs).
At the 2021 Bowls England National Finals, she just missed out on winning a sixth title after finishing runner-up to Stef Branfield in the two wood singles, losing 16–10.[13]
In 2024, Hawes-Watts won the national pairs again, bowling with her close friend Lorraine Kuhler[14] for the Oxford City & County BC at the 2024 Bowls England National Finals.[15]