Catherine Ivy Popple née Anton (born 5 May 1965) is a former English international lawn bowler.[2] Popple was an England international for 26 years, representing her country from 1987 to 2012.[3][4]

Catherine Popple
(née Catherine Anton)
Personal information
Birth nameCatherine Ivy Anton
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1965-05-05) 5 May 1965 (age 59) [1]
Sport
ClubParkway BC
Peterborough & District BC
Medal record
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Kuala Lumpur fours
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Silver medal – second place 1999 Cape Town fours
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 triples
Gold medal – first place 2005 fours
Gold medal – first place 2008 fours

Bowls career

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Anton represented England in the fours event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.[5][6][7]

In 1998 she represented England at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur and won a bronze medal in the fours event with Norma Shaw, Mandy Jacklin and Shirley Page.[8][9]

In 1999 she won the fours silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[10][11]

Anton is also an eleven times national champion representing Huntingdonshire, one singles, one pairs, one triples, four fours and four junior.[12]

In 2024, Popple was appointed as a national selector for Bowls England.[3]

Personal life

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She married fellow bowler Stuart Popple.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Athlete profile". 2006 Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. ^ "Catherine Anton profile". Bowls Tawa.
  3. ^ a b "Catherine Popple appointed as Bowls England selector". Bowls England. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Hopes Alive". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. 26 January 1987. Retrieved 23 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "1994 Athletes". Team England.
  6. ^ "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  8. ^ "THOSE WERE THE DAYS... Local sporting highlights from this week in years gone by". Peterborough News.
  9. ^ "KUALA LUMPUR 1998: Bronze Medallists". Commonwealth Games England. Archived from the original on 31 January 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  10. ^ "'Johnston maintains dominance' (1999)". The Times. 29 March 1999. p. 31. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  11. ^ "'For the Record' (1999)". The Times. 25 March 1999. p. 53. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  12. ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
  13. ^ "Bowls: Leaders beat Brett, but can he topple Popple?". Peterborough News.