Ben Twist
{{Short description|Australian lawn bowler}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2023}}
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| club = St Johns Park BC
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Ben Twist (born 1 June 1990) is an Australian international lawn bowler.{{cite web |url=https://bowlstawa.nz/titles/players/titles/4287 |title=Ben Twist |publisher=Bowls Tawa |access-date=10 June 2021}} He reached a career high ranking of world number 14 in September 2024.{{cite web|url=https://worldbowlsseries.com/male-rankings/ |title=Male rankings |publisher=World Bowls Series |access-date=9 March 2025 }}
Bowls career
He started bowling in 2003 and his first success was the Queensland state triples in 2007. He won the Australian Open triples in 2010 and made his international debut in 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.bowls.com.au/jackaroos/ben-twist/ |title=Ben Twist Profile |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=10 June 2021}}
Twist became the Australian national champion after winning the 2019 Australian National Bowls Championships triples title.{{cite web |url=https://www.bowls.com.au/2019-australian-championships-qld-nsw-dominate-opening-day/ |title=2019 Australian Championships Men's triples |publisher=Bowls Australia}}
In 2018, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic singles title, having previously won the pairs with Jesse Noronha in 2017.{{cite web |url=https://www.bowls.com.au/hong-kong-gold-for-ben-twist-and-aussie-pair/ |title=HONG KONG GOLD FOR BEN TWIST AND AUSSIE PAIR |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=10 June 2021}} In 2021, he won his second Australian Open crown, this time in the fours.{{cite web |url=https://australianopen.bowls.com.au/honour-roll-2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203173634/http://australianopen.bowls.com.au/honour-roll-2/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 February 2020 |title=Honour Roll |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=26 July 2021 }}
In 2022, he competed in the men's triples and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.{{cite web |url=https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athlete-details/51194 |title=Official Games profile |publisher=2022 Commonwealth Games |access-date=2 August 2022}} Twist, along with Carl Healey and Barrie Lester won the silver medal.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/62382397 |title=Commonwealth Games: England's men take gold in lawn bowls triples |publisher=BBC |access-date=2 August 2022}} Later in 2022, he won a third Australian Open.
In 2023, he won his fourth Australian Open, after a second successive pairs win with Aaron Wilson.{{cite web|url=https://australianopen.bowls.com.au/honour-roll-by-year/ |title=Honour Roll |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=13 September 2023}} Later in October, Twist won the Australian Nationals fours title with Craig Donaldson, Mathew Pietersen and David Ferguson.{{cite web|url=https://www.bowls.com.au/2023-nationals-day-13-recap/ |title=Day 13 recap |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=28 June 2024}}
References
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Category:Australian male bowls players
Category:Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen