Aron Sherriff (born 29 October 1985) is an international Australian lawn and indoor bowler. He has won three world championship titles and was ranked world number 1 in June 2024.[1] In 2024 he announed his retirement from international representation.[2]
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 October 1985 Paddington, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Broadbeach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest world ranking | 1 (June 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowls career
editWorld Championship
editOutdoor
editSherriff won the gold medal in the triples with Mark Casey, Brett Wilkie and Wayne Ruediger during the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide. He also won silver in the pairs with Leif Selby. Four years earlier he had won a silver and bronze at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch, New Zealand.
In 2016 he was part of the triples team with Barrie Lester and Mark Casey who won the silver medal at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch and he also won a bronze medal in the singles.[3]
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.[4]
In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent Australia at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[5] He participated in the men's triples and the men's fours events.[6][7] In the triples with Corey Wedlock and Carl Healey, he won the gold medal. One week later in the fours partnering Wedlock, Healey and Aaron Teys, the team won their group before reaching the final against Scotland, where he won a second gold medal winning 12–10 to complete a very successful championship.
Indoor
editIn 2023, he won double gold in the singles and the mixed pairs with Kelsey Cottrell at the 2023 World Bowls Indoor Championships.
Commonwealth Games
editHe won the lawn bowls bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[8] He won the Bowls Australia Awards Night as the International Bowler of the Year for three consecutive years.[9]
Further success came as part of the Australian team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland where he took two silver medals in the Triples and in the Fours.[10][11][12]
Asia Pacific
editSherriff has won six medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, including double gold in the triples and fours at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland.[13][14]
Nationals
editSherriff has won three Australian National Bowls Championships titles and seven Australian Opens.[15]
In 2024, Sherriff won his third consecutive Australian Open singles title, it was Sherriff's eighth Australian Open title.[16]
References
edit- ^ "Male rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "Aron Sherriff announces international retirement". Bowls International. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ "2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: JACKAROOS TEAM CONFIRMED". Bowls Australia.
- ^ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Aron Sherriff wins bowling bronze". The Age. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ^ "Sherriff Claims Hat-Trick of BA Awards". Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ^ "Fours results". CG2018. Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Scotland's Alex Marshall wins record fifth gold as women take bronze in bowls". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Scotland beat Australia to win gold in bowls men's triple final". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Results Portal". Bowls Australia.
- ^ "Asia Pacific Championships – Gold Coast, Australia – Day 5". World Bowls.
- ^ "2021 AUS CHAMPS: PAIRS- MIXED PAIRS RECAP". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "Day 14 recap". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 28 June 2024.