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.
Bowls career
Indoors
Merrien won double gold in the women's singles defeating Karen Murphy and the mixed pairs with Simon Skelton the 2011 World Indoor Bowls Championship.[1] She won a third medal eight years later in 2019 losing out to Julie Forrest of Scotland in the final.
In the southern hemisphere equivalent the World Cup Singles she has won two titles in 2008 and 2012 and has finished runner up on three more occasions.[2]
In addition she has claimed three IIBC singles titles in 2009, 2011 & 2015 [3] and the mixed pairs Championship in 2001 and 2004, the World Singles Champion of Champions in 2007.[4]
Nationally she has won the British Isles Indoor Women's Singles Championship in 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012 and 2015[5] and the British Isles Indoor Women's Pairs Championship in 2015 [5]
Awards
Merrien was awarded an MBE for services to bowls in the 2012 New Year Honours list.[6] and is married to Ian who is also a successful bowls player.
References
- ^ "2011 Results". World Bowls Tour.
- ^ "Merrien conquers Indoor World Cup". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Another world title for Merrien". Guernsey Press.
- ^ "Merrien thrashes British champ". 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.
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