Mark Read Selected for Elite Squad

Mark Read of Stenalees Bowling Club has been selected for the shortlist of players to participate in the preparation programme for the 2015 Atlantic Games and 2016 World Championships.

The Atlantic Games will be held in Cyprus from Monday 30th November to Sunday 13th December 2015 and will act as a qualifying event for the 2016 World Championships, to be held in New Zealand from Monday 28th November to Friday 16th December 2016.

The players forming the 2015 Elite Squad are:

Men:
Andrew Knapper (Berkshire)
John McGuinness (Buckinghamshire)
Tom Millership (Warwickshire)
Rob Newman (Berkshire)
Rob Paxton (Devon)
Mark Read (Cornwall)
Louis Ridout (Devon)
Graham Shadwell (Wiltshire)
Sam Tolchard (Devon)
Jamie Walker (Northamptonshire)

Women:
Stef Branfield (Somerset)
Annalisa Dunham (Lincolnshire)
Ellen Falkner (Cambridgeshire)
Rebecca Field (Norfolk)
Laura Holden (Somerset)
Sian Honnor (Sussex)
Wendy King (Kent)
Lorraine Kuhler (Sussex)
Natalie Melmore (Devon)
Katherine Rednall (Suffolk)
Amy Stanton (Worcestershire)
Sophie Tolchard (Devon)
Janie-Lea Winch (Warwickshire)

Bowls Cornwall congratulates Mark on this wonderful achievement and hopes he will be successful in qualifying to play in these events.  Well done Mark.