Matt Solway
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| Nationality | British (Guernsey) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 February 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matt Solway (born 11 February 1985) is an international lawn bowler from Guernsey. He is a six time European champion and has represented Guernsey at the Commonwealth Games on two occasions.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Solway has won six medals at the European Bowls Championships;[3] the pairs, mixed pairs and team in 2015 and pairs and team in 2017[4] and the pairs in 2022.[5] In 2018, he made his Commonwealth Games debut for Guernsey at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[2] He has also competed in the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and was due to compete in the cancelled 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.
In 2022, he was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham where he competed in the men's pairs event.[1]
In 2023, he was selected to represent Guernsey at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Official Commonwealth Games profile". Birmingham Organising Committee Commonwealth Games Ltd. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Matthew Solway". Gold Coast XXI Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Members". Bowls Europe. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Guernsey's Le Ber & Solway retain European Team Championships pairs title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Solway and Priaulx's Scottish silver lining". Guernsey Press. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Guernsey team". 2023 World Bowls Championship. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
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