Jamie Chestney
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1986-11-15) 15 November 1986
Kings Lynn, England
Sport
ClubCulm Vale (outdoor)
Exonia BC (indoor)
Medal record
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow fours
Bronze medal – third place2018 Gold Coastfours
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birminghamtriples
Bronze medal – third place2022 Birminghamfours
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Adelaide pairs
World Indoor Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Yarmouthpairs
Gold medal – first place2018 YarmouthMixed pairs
Gold medal – first place2021 Yarmouthpairs
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 Paphossingles
Gold medal – first place2011 Paphostriples
English Nationals
Gold medal – first place2004pairs
Gold medal – first place2009junior singles
Gold medal – first place2021cofc

Jamie Chestney (born 15 November 1986) is an English male international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

Bowls career

International achievements

His first major international medal came in 2011 when he won the singles and triples gold medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[2] The following year he gained a bronze medal at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in the pairs competition with Graham Shadwell.[3] Two years later he competed for England in the men's fours at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a silver medal.[4]

He finished runner-up in the 2016 International Open and the following year won the Cooperative Funeralcare International Open.

In 2018, he won the World Indoor Open Pairs title with Mark Dawes[5] and then won the Mixed Pairs title the following day with Lesley Doig.[6]

In 2018 he was also selected as part of the English team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland[7] where he claimed a bronze medal in the Fours with David Bolt, Louis Ridout and Sam Tolchard.[8][9]

Chestney won a third world indoor title when winning the open pairs at the 2021 World Indoor Bowls Championship for the second time with Mark Dawes.[10][11]

In 2022, he competed in the men's triples and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[12] The team of Chestney, Nick Brett and Louis Ridout won the triples gold medal and in the fours he also secured a bronze medal.[13]

National achievements

Chestney is a three times national champion, winning National Championship titles in 2004, 2009 and 2021.[14][15] Chestney was aged just 17 when he won the pairs title with Ian Wynter in 2004.[16]

He was also part of the Kings Bowls Club, who have won the Top Club championship four years running from 2016-2019.[17]

National titles

Personal life

In 2015, he married fellow bowls international Natalie Melmore.[18] In 2020, he joined the Bowls England staff as a its Membership Register Project Officer.

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. ↑ "2011 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. ↑ "Jamie Chestney biography". Glasgow 2014. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Chestney & Dawes win Pairs Final". BBC Sport.
  6. ↑ "Second World Indoor title as Jamie Chestney gains revenge over Darren Burnett". BBC Sport.
  7. ↑ "2018 Commonwealth Games team". Team England.
  8. ↑ "Fours results". CG2018.
  9. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: Scotland's Alex Marshall wins record fifth gold as women take bronze in bowls". BBC Sport.
  10. ↑ "Dawes And Chestney Win Second Open Pairs Title". Bowls International. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  11. ↑ "Second world pairs title for Mark Dawes following closure of Blackpool Newton Hall Indoor Bowling Club". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  12. ↑ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  13. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: England's men take gold in lawn bowls triples". BBC. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  14. ↑ "Past Records". Bowls England.
  15. ↑ "Daily Round Up". Bowls England. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  16. ↑ "Sport in Brief". The Times. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  17. ↑ "KINGS SECURE FOURTH SUCCESSIVE MEN'S TOP CLUB TITLE". Bowls England.
  18. ↑ "Commonwealth Games 2018: Natalie and Jamie Chestney - the couple going for gold". BBC Sport.
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