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Darren Burnett

Darren Burnett

Scottish bowls player

Darren William Burnett (born 27 May 1976 in Arbroath) is a Scottish lawn bowler and indoor bowler.[2]

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Bowls career

Commonwealth Games

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he won a gold medal in men's singles after defeating Canada's Ryan Bester.[3] In 2018 he was selected as part of the Scottish team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland[1] where he claimed another gold medal in the Triples with Ronnie Duncan and Derek Oliver.[4]

In 2022, he competed in the men's triples and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[5]

World Championships

He has won four medals at the World Bowls Championship. The first came during the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch when he won a silver medal and then four years later won a gold and bronze during the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in the pairs and triples. The fourth medal was in the singles at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch.[6] In 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[7]

World Indoor Championships

He has a good record indoors and was the singles world champion in 2014. Burnett enjoyed a very successful 2016 World Indoor Bowls Championship after securing both the Open Pairs title with Stewart Anderson[8] and the Mixed Pairs title with Katherine Rednall.[9] Burnett claimed a fourth title when winning the open pairs for the second time with Stewart Anderson in 2022.[10] He won an all-Scottish final in the open pairs in 2024, partnering Stewart Anderson again.[11]

Nationals

Burnett holds the Scottish National Men's Singles Championship record equally with Robert Sprot, David Dall and Joseph Black, with three titles which he won in 1999, 2002, 2005.[12][13] He subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 2003 and 2006.[14]

Other events

Other major wins include winning the World Singles Champion of Champions in 2006,[15] the 1991 & 2001 Scottish International Open, the 2008 International Open, the 2010 Welsh International Open.[16]

In June 2023, he announced his retirement from international competitions.[1]

Personal life

He works as a policeman in Arbroath, Scotland and is married with two children.[17]

References

  1. [1]
    "2018 Commonwealth Games profile". Team Scotland.
  2. [2]
    "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  3. [3]
    "Glasgow 2014: Darren Burnett clinches gold number 17 for Scotland in men's singles lawn bowls". Daily News. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Commonwealth Games: Scotland beat Australia to win gold in bowls men's triple final". BBC Sport.
  5. [5]
    "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  6. [6]
    "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
  7. [7]
    "World Bowls Championships 2020 Team Announcement". Bowls Scotland.
  8. [8]
    "World Indoor Bowls: Darren Burnett and Stewart Anderson take title". BBC Sport. 18 January 2016.
  9. [9]
    "Burnett & Rednall win mixed pairs". BBC Sport. 19 January 2016.
  10. [10]
    "Arbroath bowls ace Darren Burnett claims fifth world title after Potters Resort pairs success". The Courier. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  11. [11]
    "Third Open Pairs Title For Anderson And Burnett". Bowls International. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  12. [12]
    Jones, By David Rhys. "Burnett roars to a famous singles win". The Times.
  13. [13]
    "BOWLS: HAT-TRICK HERO IS TOO DARREN GOOD". Daily Record. 31 July 2005.
  14. [14]
    "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  15. [15]
    "Champion of Champion finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
  16. [16]
    "Bowls: Darren Burnett takes Welsh title". The Scotsman. 6 February 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  17. [17]
    "Profile". World Bowls Tour. 30 October 2015.
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