Lucy Beere

Lucy Kate Beere MBE (born 7 July 1982) is a Guernsey international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

Lucy Beere
MBE
Personal information
Full nameLucy Kate Beere
NationalityBritish (Guernsey)
Born (1982-07-07) 7 July 1982
Newport, Isle of Wight
Medal record
Representing  Guernsey
World Cup Singles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Warilla singles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Warilla singles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Warilla singles
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2022 BirminghamSingles
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Silver medal – second place2019 Cardiffsingles
Silver medal – second place2019 Cardiffpairs
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Cyprus singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Guernsey pairs
Gold medal – first place 2019 Guernsey mixed four
Gold medal – first place 2019 Guernsey team

Bowls career

Outdoors

She has represented Guernsey at four Commonwealth Games; competing in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast[2][3] and the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham where she won a silver medal in the singles event.[4]

In 2019, she won the singles and pairs silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[5] and during the same year she won three gold medals at the European Bowls Championships.[6]

In 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[7]

In 2022, she competed in the women's singles and the women's pairs at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[8] At the Games, Beere won Guernsey's first medal in 28 years, by winning the silver medal in the singles event[9] where she lost by 21 shots to 17 in the final to Australian Ellen Ryan.[10]

Indoors

In 2018 she defeated Rebecca Van Asch in the final of the World Cup Singles[11] and has finished runner-up twice.[12]

Honours

Beere was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to bowls on Guernsey.[13]

References
  1. "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. "profile". Bowls tawa.
  3. "Biography". CGF Glasgow 2014.
  4. "Bowler Beere wins historic silver for Guernsey". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  5. "2019 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  6. "2019 results". Bowls Europe. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  7. "2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: COMPETING COUNTRIES". Bowls Australia.
  8. "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  9. "Lucy Beere wins Guernsey's first Commonwealth Games medal for 28 years". ITV. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  10. "Ryan's express fightback wins Commonwealth Games lawn bowls gold for Australia". Inside the Games. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  11. "Bowls World Cup to begin in Warilla". Inside the Games.
  12. "World Cup indoor singles – Day 9". Bowls International.
  13. "No. 63918". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2022. p. N28.
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