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Carla Banks

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Carla Banks
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born (1999-02-08) 8 February 1999 (age 25) [1]
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubInverurie BC (outdoors)
Garioch IBC (indoors)
Medal record
Women's bowls
Representing  Scotland
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Gold Coast fours
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Ayr triples
Silver medal – second place 2024 Ayr fours

Carla Banks (born 1999) is a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

Bowls career

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Banks won the 2015 Under 18 National Singles and the 2017 Under 25 National Singles.[1]

In 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia, as the women's team travelling reserve but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] She made her debut at the World Indoor Championships during the 2021 World Indoor Bowls Championship[3] and reached the mixed pairs final with Robert Paxton before losing out to Stewart Anderson and Julie Forrest in the final.[4]

In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent Scotland at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[5] She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events.[6][7] In the fours, her team won the bronze medal. Banks won double silver in the triples and fours at the 2024 European Bowls Championships.

Family

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Her father Colin Banks and her brother Jason Banks are both international bowlers.[2][8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Carla Banks profile". Henselite.
  2. ^ a b "World Bowls Championships 2020 Team Announcement". Bowls Scotland.
  3. ^ "Draw and results". World Bowls.
  4. ^ "Julie Forrest: Borders bowler wins world championships title". Peebleshire News. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  5. ^ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  7. ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Men's Super Series along with current Women's National Champions taking the Ladies Title". Bowls Scotland.