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Ellen Falkner

British bowls player

British bowls player

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Ellen Marie Falkner (née Alexander; born 12 June 1979) is an English international lawn and indoor bowler from Cambridge, England. Falkner was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to lawn bowls.

Personal life

She retired from international bowls and relocated to Australia in 2021 after being appointed as Bowls Australia’s High Performance Manager for Para Bowls.

Bowls career

World Championships

In 2004, she won the gold medal in the fours with Jayne Christie, Jean Baker and Amy Monkhouse at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. In 2016, she was part of the fours team with Rebecca Wigfield, Wendy King and Jamie-Lea Winch who won the silver medal at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch. She then won a bronze medal in the pairs with Sophie Tolchard. In 2020 she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.

Commonwealth Games

Ellen represented England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games winning gold in the fours and eight years later won another gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the woman's pairs competition with Amy Monkhouse. Ellen also competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games and won a further gold in the women's triples event with Sophie Tolchard and Sian Gordon. She was selected as part of the England team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, on the Gold Coast in Queensland where she won a bronze medal in the Triples with Katherine Rednall and Sian Honnor.

World Indoor Championship

Falkner won a third World Indoor singles title during the 2016 World Indoor Bowls Championship after defeating Rebecca Field in the final. This success came ten years after her previous two victories. In 2019 she won the mixed pairs gold with Robert Paxton at the 2019 World Indoor Bowls Championship. At the 2021 World Indoor Bowls Championship Falkner became the first female player to reach the final of the open pairs event (playing with Greg Harlow).

Atlantic Championships

In 2005 she won the triples and fours gold medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. After a singles bronze and pairs silver in 2009 she won the fours gold medal and triples silver medal at the 2011 Atlantic Championships in Cyprus. Four years later in 2015 she won the triples silver medal and fours bronze medal at the Championships, also in Cyprus.

National

After winning the 2011 National singles crown she subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 2012. She also won the two wood title in 2011 and has won eleven National titles in total; two singles, three CofC, four pairs (2007, 2008, 2012, 2017 all with Sue Alexander), one triples (2007) and one junior title.

In 2023, (Falkner now living in Australia and working as the Bowls Australia High Performance Manager for Para Bowls) won the Australian National Bowls Championships fours title with Jamie-Lee Worsnop, Ellen Ryan and Karen Murphy.

National titles

  • 2004 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Junior Pairs)
  • 2007 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Pairs)
  • 2007 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Triples)
  • 2008 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Pairs)
  • 2011 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Singles Four Wood)
  • 2011 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Singles Two Wood)
  • 2012 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Pairs)
  • 2017 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Pairs)
  • 2017 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Champion of Champions)
  • 2019 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Champion of Champions)
  • 2021 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Champion of Champions)
  • 2023 Australian National Bowls Championships Fours

References

References

  1. "England team profiles". 2016 World Bowls.
  2. {{London Gazette. (10 October 2020)
  3. (9 October 2020). "Ellen Falkner awarded MBE in Queen's birthday honours". Bowls England.
  4. (27 September 2021). "ELLEN FALKNER APPOINTED HIGH PERFORMANCE MANAGER – PARA BOWLS". Bowls Australia, 27 September 2021.
  5. "David Rhys Jones. "Johnston confirms status with third title." Times [London, England] 18 Sept. 2004". [[The Times]].
  6. "World Bowls Championships: England win men's triples title". BBC Sport.
  7. "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
  8. (6 January 2020). "SELECTION: 2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Bowls England.
  9. (October 2025). "Ellen Alexander".
  10. "Ellen Falkner".
  11. "Glasgow 2014 profile".
  12. (1 August 2014). "Ellen Falkner claims third gold with dominant display over Australia".
  13. "2018 Commonwealth Games profile". 2018 Commonwealth Games.
  14. "World Indoor Bowls: Ellen Falkner claims women's singles title". BBC Sport.
  15. "PAXTON AND FALKNER ARE THE NEW 2019 WORLD INDOOR MIXED PAIRS CHAMPIONS". World Bowls.
  16. (11 January 2021). "Skelton wins first singles match at World Indoor Bowls Championships".
  17. (18 January 2021). "Dawes And Chestney Win Second Open Pairs Title".
  18. "2005 Atlantic Rim Games". World Bowls Ltd.
  19. "2011 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd.
  20. "2015 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls.
  21. "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
  22. (19 October 2023). "Day 13 recap". Bowls Australia.
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