Barrie Lester
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 January 1982 Bendigo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Burleigh Heads Bowling Club, QLD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Barrie Norman Lester (born 1982) is an Australian international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
Bowls career[]
World Championship[]
In 2016 he was part of the triples team with Aron Sherriff and Mark Casey who won the silver medal at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch and won another silver medal in the fours.[2]
In 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[3]
Commonwealth Games[]
Lester won a bronze medal in the pairs with Nathan Rice at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.[4]
Further success came as part of the Australian team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland where he won two silver medals in the Triples and the Fours.[5][6][7]
Asia Pacific[]
Lester won double gold at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland.[8][9]
Other[]
In 2012, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic singles title.[10]
References[]
- ^ "Australian team profiles" (PDF). 2016 World Bowls. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ "2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: JACKAROOS TEAM CONFIRMED". Bowls Australia.
- ^ "10 year anniversary of the Melbourne Commonwealth Games". Bowls Australia.
- ^ "Fours results". CG2018.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Scotland's Alex Marshall wins record fifth gold as women take bronze in bowls". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Scotland beat Australia to win gold in bowls men's triple final". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Results Portal". Bowls Australia.
- ^ "Asia Pacific Championships – Gold Coast, Australia – Day 5". World Bowls.
- ^ "HK Classic winners Men Singles". HKLBA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- 1982 births
- Australian male bowls players
- Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Living people