Mark Royal

For the New Zealand rugby union player, see Mark Royal (rugby union).

Mark Royal

Personal information
Nationality	English
Born	(1975-01-18) 18 January 1975 (age 49)
Sport
Sport	Lawn & indoor bowls
Club	Rookery (outdoors) Mid Suffolk (indoors)
Medal record Men's bowls Representing  England English Nationals 2003 cofc 2021 cofc

Mark Royal (born 1975) is an English international lawn and indoor bowler.^[1]

Bowls career

Outdoors

Royal won the Men's Champion of Champions singles title in 2003, at the National Championships.^[2][3] In 2021, he reached the final of the event again, only to lose out to Jamie Chestney 21–11.^[4]

Indoors

Indoors he reached a career high world indoor ranking of 2 in 2009 and has been in the worlds top 16 since 2003.^[1][5]

Major successes include winning the Welsh Open in 2008 and 2011.

Mark bowls with Drakes Pride 4 Heavy ^[6]

Awards

He was awarded the 2009 Players Player of the Year and Performance of the Year by the World Bowls Tour.^[7]

Personal life

By trade he is a Director of Jack and Bowl.^[8] He is married with three children and formerly worked with Potters Leisure Resort and its manager Greg Harlow.^[1]

References

1. "Profile". World Bowls Tour.
2. "Past records". Bowls England.
3. "Royal shows he is worthy champion". The Times.
4. "Daily Round Up". Bowls England. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
5. "Daily Round Up". Bowls England. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
6. "Mark Royal". World Bowls Tour. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
7. "Royal marks World Bowls awards double". Lowestoft Journal. 27 January 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
8. "JACK AND BOWL LIMITED people - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2023.