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Nick Brett

Lawn Bowls

Date of Birth

14 May 1974

Age

49

Place of Birth

Peterborough

Commonwealth Appearances

Nick Brett is best known for bowling the world’s most famous bowl but he wrote a new chapter of his legacy with a Commonwealth gold at Birmingham 2022. 

The “Brad Pitt of Bowls” became a viral sensation when his physics-defying bowl at the World Indoor Championships in 2020 racked up millions of views online.

Despite his celebrity status in the world of lawn bowls, the five-time World Indoor champion had to wait until 2022 to get his Commonwealth call.

Before the pandemic, Brett was dominating social media with his pinpoint bowl penetrating a gap of miniscule gap of less than six inches to get to the jack in the pairs final. 

The Peterborough-born bowler is vastly experienced and in 2020 narrowly missed out on being the first player to complete a sweep of World Indoor titles in the same year, losing out on a tie-break in the singles – a title he lifted in 2016 – to Robert Paxton after lifting the Pairs and Mixed Pairs trophies.

Lawn Bowls
It was a hugely successful campaign at Leamington Spa’s Victoria Park and some thrilling games saw Team England leave the plush lawn with six medals including two gold, two silver and two bronze.

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