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PAXTON IN SEVENTH HEAVEN

Details: Created on Friday, 18 November 2011 07:20; Last Updated on Friday, 18 November 2011 07:25; Published on Friday, 18 November 2011 07:20

Devonian Robert Paxton, the first qualifier ever to reach the Scottish International Open final, leaps to a career-high No7 in the first provisional World Bowls Tour world rankings for next season.

It was from a position of 18 in the current rankings that the 33-year-old from Exeter was forced to qualify for the established WBT event in Scotland.

DREAM BOWLS WIN FOR EXONIA'S PAXTON

Details: Created on Monday, 14 November 2011 08:09; Last Updated on Monday, 14 November 2011 08:09; Published on Monday, 14 November 2011 08:09

Devon's Robert Paxton is the new Scottish International Open bowls champion.

Paxton - from Exonia Bowling Club - etched his name into the bowls record books at Dewars Centre in Perth when he beat world number two Greg Harlow 2-11, 10-2, 2-0 to become the first qualifier to win the established World Bowls Tour title.

ROWING More success for University of Bath rowers

Details: Created on Tuesday, 15 April 2025 07:26; Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 April 2025 15:00; Published on Monday, 14 April 2025 07:26

It was a successful weekend for University of Bath-based rowers past and present when they contested the 2025 GB Rowing Team Senior and U23 Selection Trials at Caversham.

And there was another magical moment for Paris 2024 medallist Becky Wilde when she was named as rowing’s BOA Female Olympic Athlete of the Year during the post-event presentation ceremony.

DEVONIAN PAXTON IN SCOTTISH OPEN FINAL

Details: Created on Saturday, 12 November 2011 08:00; Last Updated on Saturday, 12 November 2011 08:00; Published on Saturday, 12 November 2011 08:00

Devon’s Robert Paxton will compete in the final of a World Bowls Tour event for the first time today at 1400.

The Exonia star continued his stunning run in the Co-operative Funeralcare Scottish International Open when he defeated defending champion Mervyn King in straight sets at Dewars Centre in Perth.

ROWING Somerset's Wilde wins through to Paris Olympics

Details: Created on Sunday, 26 May 2024 04:08; Last Updated on Sunday, 26 May 2024 06:42; Published on Sunday, 26 May 2024 04:08

br logo University of Bath Rowing Club’s Becky Wilde is set to compete at Paris 2024 after successfully securing a women’s double sculls space for Team GB at the Final Olympic Qualifying Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Wilde, 26 and in her first full season with the senior GB Rowing Team, and partner Mathilda Hodgkins Byrne needed a top-two finish in the final and achieved that in style as they comfortably finished runners-up to Czechia.

BOND IS BACK! SPOTLIGHT ON BOWLS

Details: Created on Sunday, 06 November 2011 18:49; Last Updated on Wednesday, 09 November 2011 12:00; Published on Sunday, 06 November 2011 18:49

In his first season out of the World Bowls Tour world top 16 for more than a decade, Devon's Ian Bond struck back in the opening round of the Co-operative Funeralcare Scottish International Open at Dewars Centre in Perth to upset fellow Englishman Mark Royal, the world No4.

Now ranked 17 in the world, England's Bond took full advantage of the wild card he was given to compete in the WBT event for which the top 16 have automatic entry.