Alison Merrien
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Nationality | Guernsey | |||||||||||||||||
Born | 28 November 1974 | |||||||||||||||||
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Alison Jayne Merrien MBE (born 28 November 1974) is an indoor bowls player from Saint Peter Port, Guernsey.
Merrien won the women's singles and mixed pairs at the 2011 World Indoor Bowls Championship. In addition she has claimed three WIBC singles titles in 2009, 2011 & 2015 [1] and the Indoor Mixed Pairs Championship in 2001 and 2004, the World Champion of Champions Singles in 2007 and the World Cup Singles in 2008 and 2012.
Nationally she has won the British Isles Indoor Women's Singles Championship in 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012 and 2015[2] and the British Isles Indoor Women's Pairs Championship in 2015 [2]
Merrien was awarded an MBE for services to bowls in the 2012 New Year Honours list.[3] and is married to Ian who is also a successful bowls player.
References
- ^ "Another world title for Merrien". Guernsey Press.
- ^ a b "Alison Merrien wins two British Isles Indoor titles". BBC.
- ^ "BBC News - Bowls star Alison Merrien given New Year Honour". Bbc.co.uk. 2011-12-31. Retrieved 2013-01-27.