Natalie Melmore

Natalie Melmore
Personal information
Nationality	England
Born	28 July 1989; Torquay, England
Height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country	England
Sport	Lawn bowls
Representing England
Women's lawn bowls
Commonwealth Games
World Outdoor Championships

Natalie Melmore married name Natalie Chestney (born 28 July 1989, in Torquay) is a lawn bowler from Newton Abbot.[1]

Bowls career

Natalie represented England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games where she won a gold medal in the women's singles event.[2] Natalie went on to win a further two silver medals in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the women's singles and women's pairs events with partner Jamie-Lea Winch.[3]

In 2016 she secured a fourth and fifth National title win[4] and in 2018 was part of the fours that won the National Championships.[5] After her 2014 singles success she subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 2015.[6]

She was selected as part of the English team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland.[7]

Personal life

In 2015, she married Jamie Chestney.[8]

References

THE ENGLAND TEAM | Sporting Life | Commonwealth Games, Delhi 2010, Medal Table Archived 25 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Commonwealth Games 2010: England & Wales win bowls gold
McCafferty, Gavin (1 August 2014). "Natalie Melmore and Jamie-Lea Winch win silver in women's pairs bowls as South Africa clinch gold". Mail Online. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
"Past Records". Bowls England.
"2018 Fours results" (PDF). Bowls England.
"Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
"2018 Commonwealth Games team". Team England.
"OCommonwealth Games bowler Natalie Melmore to take 2015 off". BBC Sport.

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[1] THE ENGLAND TEAM | Sporting Life | Commonwealth Games, Delhi 2010, Medal Table Archived 25 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[Gold-2] Commonwealth Games 2010: England & Wales win bowls gold

[3] McCafferty, Gavin (1 August 2014). "Natalie Melmore and Jamie-Lea Winch win silver in women's pairs bowls as South Africa clinch gold". Mail Online. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[4] "Past Records". Bowls England.

[5] "2018 Fours results" (PDF). Bowls England.

[6] "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.

[7] "2018 Commonwealth Games team". Team England.

[8] "OCommonwealth Games bowler Natalie Melmore to take 2015 off". BBC Sport.