Alison Merrien
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| Birth name | Alison Jayne Merrien | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British (Channel Islander) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 November 1974[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 11 (June 2024)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alison Jayne Merrien MBE (born 28 November 1974)[1] is an indoor bowls player from Saint Peter Port, Guernsey.
Bowls career
[edit]Indoors
[edit]Merrien won double gold in the women's singles defeating Karen Murphy and the mixed pairs with Simon Skelton the 2011 World Indoor Bowls Championship.[3] She won a third medal eight years later in 2019 losing out to Julie Forrest of Scotland in the final.[4][5] In 2022, she finally claimed a third title when winning the mixed pairs with Paul Foster and also reached the women's singles final.[6] She also reached the mixed pairs final in 2023.[7]
In the southern hemisphere equivalent the World Cup Singles she has won two titles in 2008 and 2012 and has finished runner up on three more occasions.[8] In 2022, Merrien won the mixed pairs at the inaugural World Bowls Indoor Championships, partnering Stewart Anderson, they defeated Michael Stepney and Claire Anderson in the final.[9]
In addition she has claimed three IIBC singles titles in 2009, 2011 & 2015[10] and the mixed pairs Championship in 2001 and 2004.[11]
Nationally she has won the British Isles Indoor Women's Singles Championship in 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012 and 2015[12] and the British Isles Indoor Women's Pairs Championship in 2015[12]
Outdoors
[edit]By virtue of winning her national title she qualified to represent Guernsey at the World Singles Champion of Champions in 2007 where she defeated Siti Zalina Ahmad in the final to win the gold medal.[11]
Awards
[edit]Merrien was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to bowls in the 2012 New Year Honours,[13][14] and is married to Ian Merrien who is also a successful bowls player.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "1998 Commonwealth Games profile". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "Female rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "2011 Results". World Bowls Tour. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ "World Indoor Bowls: Julie Forrest wins first ladies' singles title". BBC Sport. 24 January 2019. Archived from the original on 26 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ "SCOTLAND'S JULIE FORREST IS THE NEW 'JUST' 2019 LADIES WORLD INDOOR SINGLES CHAMPION". World Bowls. Archived from the original on 26 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ "World mixed pairs title for Ali". Guernsey Press. 19 January 2022. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ "Kirkliston's Ceri Ann Glen bags another world title with Mixed Pairs success". Edinburgh Live. Archived from the original on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "Merrien conquers Indoor World Cup". BBC Sport. 18 April 2008.
- ^ "Anderson And Merrien Claim World Bowls Indoor Mixed Pairs Title". Bowls International. 28 April 2022. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ "Another world title for Merrien". Guernsey Press. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Merrien thrashes British champ". Guernsey Press. 15 November 2007. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Alison Merrien wins two British Isles Indoor titles". BBC Sport. 11 March 2015.
- ^ "No. 60009". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 31 December 2011. p. 25.
- ^ "BBC News - Bowls star Alison Merrien given New Year Honour". Bbc.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
External links
[edit]- Alison Jayne Merrien at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)