Ray Pearse

Ray Pearse
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1984-07-25) 25 July 1984 (age 40)
Occupationbowls coach
Sport
SportBowls
ClubTaren Point
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking11 (September 2024)
Medal record
Representing  Australia
WB Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Guernsey mixed pairs
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Christchurch pairs
Silver medal – second place 2015 Christchurch fours
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Gold Coast singles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Gold Coast pairs

Ray Pearse (born 25 July 1984) is an international Australian lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career

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Pearse has won four medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, a silver medal and bronze medal in 2015 and a bronze in the singles and a silver in the pairs with Nathan Rice at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland.[2][3]

Pearse won the 2018 Australian National Bowls Championships and also won the NSW Champion of Club Champions Singles and NSW State Singles titles in 2018.[4]

In 2021, he won his second Australian Open crown, this time in the pairs.[5]

Together with Samantha Atkinson, he won the pairs title at the 2024 World Bowls Indoor Championships, held at the Guernsey Indoor Bowling Association.[6][7] The success in 2024 continued when Pearse won the Australian Open fours title with Peter Taylor, Gary Kelly and Carl Healey, it was Pearse's third Australian Open title.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "profile". Bowls Australia.
  2. ^ "Results Portal". Bowls Australia.
  3. ^ "Asia Pacific Bowls Championships set to begin in Gold Coast with 18 countries represented". Inside the Games.
  4. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Scotland beat Australia to win gold in bowls men's triple final" (PDF). BBC Sport.
  5. ^ "Honour Roll". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Day 7 Wrap: World Bowls And IIBC Indoor Championships". World Bowls International. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Day 6 Wrap: World Bowls And IIBC Indoor Championships". World Bowls International. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Day 13 recap". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 28 June 2024.