Mark Royal
English lawn and indoor bowls player
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Mark Royal (born 1975) is an English international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
Mid Suffolk (indoors)
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| Nationality | English | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 January 1975 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn & indoor bowls | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Rookery (outdoors) Mid Suffolk (indoors) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bowls career
Outdoors
Royal won the Men's Champion of Champions singles title in 2003, at the National Championships.[2][3] In 2021, he reached the final of the event again, only to lose out to Jamie Chestney 21–11.[4]
Indoors
Indoors he reached a career high world indoor ranking of 2 in 2009 and has been in the worlds top 16 since 2003.[1][5]
Major successes include winning the Welsh Open in 2008 and 2011.
Mark bowls with Drakes Pride 4 Heavy [6]
Awards
He was awarded the 2009 Players Player of the Year and Performance of the Year by the World Bowls Tour.[7]
Personal life
By trade he is a Director of Jack and Bowl.[8] He is married with three children and formerly worked with Potters Leisure Resort and its manager Greg Harlow.[1]