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| Born | 24 January 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Louis Ridout is an English international indoor and outdoor bowls player.
Bowls career
In 2015 he won the pairs bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[1]
In 2016 he won the National title in the Pairs with Sam Tolchard.[2] The bowler who represents Devon[3] represented England during the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.
He was selected as part of the English team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland[4] where he claimed a bronze medal in the Fours with David Bolt, Jamie Chestney and Sam Tolchard.[5][6]
He was crowned National singles champion in August 2018 after defeating Andrew Squire 21–16 in the final.[7] He subsequently became the British singles champion after winning the British Isles Bowls Championships the following year.[8] He bowls for Kings BC, who have won the Top Club championship four years running from 2016–2019.[9]
In 2022, he competed in the men's triples and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[10] The team of Ridout, Nick Brett and Jamie Chestney won the triples gold medal and in the fours he also secured a bronze medal.[11]
References
- ^ "2015 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ "News: Tolchard takes double titles". Bowls International.
- ^ "BOWLS: Incomer Louis Ridout has outdoors Devon target after winning Planet Bowls title indoors". Torquay Herald Express.
- ^ "2018 Commonwealth Games team". Team England.
- ^ "Fours results". CG2018.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Scotland's Alex Marshall wins record fifth gold as women take bronze in bowls". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Latest News". Bowls England.
- ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
- ^ "KINGS SECURE FOURTH SUCCESSIVE MEN'S TOP CLUB TITLE". Bowls England.
- ^ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: England's men take gold in lawn bowls triples". BBC. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- English male bowls players
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games