Kelvin Kerkow
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| Full name | Kelvin Ivan Kerkow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Spike | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
22 April 1969 Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) (2011) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) (2011) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | South Tweed Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kelvin Kerkow (born 22 April 1969) is an Australian lawn bowls and indoor bowls player and author.
Kelvin has won three World Indoor Championships Pairs Gold Medals. In the 1996 World Indoor Bowls Championship he partnered Ian Schuback, and in the 2005 World Indoor Bowls Championship and 2009 World Indoor Bowls Championship he partnered Mervyn King.[1]
He won a silver medal in the fours at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship[2]
Kerkow also secured the 2006 Commonwealth Games Singles Gold Medal[3] and the 2006 Scottish International Open Singles Title defeating David Gourlay in the final.
In January 2009 Kerkow released his autobiography Rolled Gold in which he tells the story of his battle with a childhood disease and how lawn bowls helped him overcome his disability with help from his friend Steve Glasson.[4]
Other Achievements in Bowls:
- Australian Indoor Singles Winner
- Welsh Master Invitation champion 1997
- Pacific Games Singles Gold Medallist 1995
- World Bowls Singles Bronze Medallist 1996
- World Bowls Triples Bronze Medallist 1996
- Australian Representative 1995-2008
- Gold Coast Winter Carnival Singles 1995
- Hub of the Hunter invitation Singles 1994
- Welsh invitation Singles 1996
- Coolangatta Master of Masters 1993
- Golden Nugget invitation Singles 1994 &1997
- Halekulani invitation Singles 1995
- Mt Isla Invitation Singles 1999
- Halekulani Invitation Singles 1999
References
- ↑ "Kelvin Kerkow profile". World Bowls.
- ↑ "Ireland beats Australia in bowls". The Age.
- ↑ "Kerkow wins men's lawn bowls gold". ABC News.
- ↑ Williams, Patrick (25 November 2009). "Kerkow's life on a roll". Tweed Daily News. Retrieved 4 December 2009.