Darren Burnett

Darren Burnett
Personal information
Nationality  Scotland
Born (1976-05-27) 27 May 1976
Arbroath
Sport
Sport Lawn bowls
Club Arbroath & District (indoor)
Arbroath BC (outdoors)
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
World Outdoor Championships
2008 Christchurch Men's pairs
2012 Adelaide Men's triples
2012 Adelaide Men's fours
2016 Christchurch Men's singles
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow Men's singles
2018 Gold CoastMen's triples
World Indoor Bowls Championships
2014 YarmouthSingles
2016 YarmouthOpen pairs
2016 YarmouthMixed pairs

Darren William Burnett (born 27 May 1976 in Arbroath, Scotland) is a Scottish lawn bowler and indoor bowler. He works as a policeman in Arbroath, Scotland.

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he won a gold medal in men's singles after defeating Canada's Ryan Bester.[1] He also won the 2010 Welsh International Open.[2]

Burnett enjoyed a very successful 2016 World Indoor Bowls Championship after securing both the Open Pairs title with Stewart Anderson[3] and the Mixed Pairs title with Katherine Rednall.[4]

He won a bronze medal in the singles at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch.[5]

In 2018 he was selected as part of the Scottish team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland[6] where he claimed a gold medal in the Triples with Ronnie Duncan and Derek Oliver.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Glasgow 2014: Darren Burnett clinches gold number 17 for Scotland in men's singles lawn bowls". Daily News. Aug 1, 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Bowls: Darren Burnett takes Welsh title". The Scotsman. 6 February 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "World Indoor Bowls: Darren Burnett and Stewart Anderson take title". BBC Sport.
  4. ↑ "Burnett & Rednall win mixed pairs". BBC Sport.
  5. ↑ "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
  6. ↑ "2018 Commonwealth Games profile". Team Scotland.
  7. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: Scotland beat Australia to win gold in bowls men's triple final". BBC Sport.
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