Sam Tolchard Explained

Sam Tolchard
Nationality:British (English)
Birth Date:27 May 1989
Birth Place:Torquay, England
Sport:Bowls
Club:Torquay Utd (indoors)
Kings BC (outdoors)
Highestranking:16 (August 2024)[1]

Sam Tolchard (born 27 May 1989) is an English international lawn and indoor bowler.[2] [3]

Profile

In 2009, he won the singles and triples silver medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[4] [5] and the following year in 2010, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs title with Robert Newman.[6]

He competed for England in the men's pairs at the 2014 Commonwealth Games[7] where he won a bronze medal.[8] [9]

He was selected as part of the English team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland[10] where he claimed a bronze medal in the Fours with David Bolt, Jamie Chestney and Louis Ridout.[11] [12]

In 2019, he won the triples bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[13] and in 2020, he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[14] In 2022, he competed in the men's pairs and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[15] Partnering Jamie Walker he won the pairs silver medal, losing out to Wales in the final and in the fours he also secured a bronze medal.[16]

In November 2022, he won the gold medal at the World Singles Champion of Champions in Wellington, New Zealand.[17]

In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent England at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[18] He participated in the men's singles and the men's pairs events.[19] [20] In the singles, he won his group undfeated but then lost to Iain McLean at the quarter final stage.

National Achievements

He has won eight National Championship titles, including six singles titles.[21] [22] He bowls outdoors for Kings BC, who have won the Top Club championship four years running from 2016 to 2019.[23]

National titles

Personal life and family

Tolchard is the brother of England international bowler Sophie Tolchard.[24] His father, Ray Tolchard, played cricket for Devon and was a first-class cricket umpire, and his uncle Roger Tolchard played Test cricket for England and county cricket for Leicestershire. Another uncle, Jeffrey Tolchard, also played cricket for Leicestershire and played football for Torquay United and Exeter City.[25]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Male rankings . World Bowls Series . 28 June 2024.
  2. Web site: Profile. Henselite.
  3. Web site: Tolchard wins first global title . BBC Sport . 25 November 2022.
  4. Web site: 2009 Atlantic Championships. World Bowls Ltd. https://web.archive.org/web/20100314062629/http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results-old.php. 21 May 2021. 14 March 2010.
  5. News: Bowls . 18 May 2009 . The Times . 21 May 2021. 61 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
  6. Web site: HK Classic winners Men Pairs . HKLBA . 7 June 2021.
  7. Web site: Glasgow 2014: Sam Tolchard aims to banish 2010 bowls nightmare. BBC News. 10 May 2015. 12 June 2014.
  8. Web site: Glasgow 2014 profile . 14 September 2014.
  9. Web site: Tolchard makes up for his Delhi dismay with bronze in men's pairs. Western Morning News. 10 May 2015. 28 July 2014.
  10. Web site: 2018 Commonwealth Games team. Team England.
  11. Web site: Fours results. CG2018.
  12. News: Commonwealth Games: Scotland's Alex Marshall wins record fifth gold as women take bronze in bowls. BBC Sport.
  13. Web site: 2019 Atlantic Championships. World Bowls. 15 May 2021.
  14. Web site: SELECTION: 2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS. 6 January 2020. Bowls England.
  15. Web site: Official Games profile. 2022 Commonwealth Games. 2 August 2022.
  16. Web site: Wales beat England to win gold. BBC. 2 August 2022.
  17. Web site: Tolchard crowned World Champion of Champions champion. England Bowls . 25 November 2022.
  18. Web site: COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 . Bowls International . 5 June 2023 . 2 September 2023.
  19. Web site: Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia . World Bowls . 2 September 2023.
  20. Web site: SCHEDULE & DRAWS . Bowls Australia . 2 September 2023.
  21. Web site: Bowls England National Finals 2021. Bowls England. 22 August 2021.
  22. Web site: DOUBLE TWO BOWL DELIGHT FOR TOLCHARD ON DAY 14 . Bowls England . 8 September 2022.
  23. Web site: KINGS SECURE FOURTH SUCCESSIVE MEN'S TOP CLUB TITLE. Bowls England. 15 September 2019.
  24. Web site: News. Torquay United Indoor Bowling Club.
  25. Web site: Sam Tolchard . Team England . 3 August 2022.