Mark Dawes
{{Short description|English lawn bowler (born 1983)}}
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{{MedalCompetition|World Indoor Bowls Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Yarmouth|Open singles}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Yarmouth|Open pairs}}
{{MedalGold|2021 Yarmouth|Open singles}}
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Mark Dawes (born 1983) is an English international lawn and indoor bowler and a four times world indoor champion.{{cite web|url=http://www.henselite.co.uk/team/mark-dawes|title=Profile|publisher=Henselite}}
Bowls career
He won the Men's National Junior title in 2005 at the National Championships.{{cite news |last1=Woods |first1=Jon |title=Cornish veteran plays part |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/bowls/2344095/Cornish-veteran-plays-part.html |accessdate=23 January 2019 |agency=The Telegraph |date=23 August 2006}} By 2014, he had reached a career high world indoor ranking of 8.{{cite web |title=Mark Dawes |url=https://worldbowlstour.tv/mark-dawes/ |website=World Bowls Tour |accessdate=23 January 2019 |date=2018}}
In 2018, he won the World Indoor Open Pairs title with Jamie Chestney.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/bowls/42458595|title=Chestney & Dawes win Pairs Final|publisher=BBC Sport |date=22 January 2018}} and then followed this by taking the World Open Singles Championship, defeating Robert Paxton in a hard fought final. Dawes had been the player of the tournament and Paxton did well to take the final to a tie break.{{cite news |title=World Indoor Bowls Championship: Mark Dawes beats Robert Paxton to win title |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/bowls/42854085 |accessdate=23 January 2019 |agency=BBC Sport |date=28 January 2018}}
In 2020, his indoor club, Blackpool Newton Hall BC, permanently closed and Dawes was forced to find a new club.{{cite web |title=Fylde coast's only indoor bowling club will not reopen after lockdown |url=https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/business/fylde-coasts-only-indoor-bowling-club-will-not-reopen-after-lockdown-2907121 |website=Blackpool Gazette |access-date=11 January 2021}}
Despite the loss of his club he won a third world indoor title when winning the open pairs at the 2021 World Indoor Bowls Championship for the second time with Jamie Chestney.{{cite web|url=https://bowlsinternational.keypublishing.com/dawes-and-chestney-win-send-open-pairs-title/|title=Dawes And Chestney Win Second Open Pairs Title |website=Bowls International | access-date=19 January 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport/other-sport/second-world-pairs-title-mark-dawes-following-closure-blackpool-newton-hall-indoor-bowling-club-3104874|title=Second world pairs title for Mark Dawes following closure of Blackpool Newton Hall Indoor Bowling Club |website=Blackpool Gazette | access-date=19 January 2021}} Dawes then reproduced his good form to win the singles event for the second time, defeating Greg Harlow in the final 10-3 11-5 and record a fourth world indoor title in total.{{cite web|url=https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport/other-sport/blackpool-bowls-stalwart-mark-dawes-crowned-double-world-champion-for-second-time-3111235|title=Blackpool bowls stalwart Mark Dawes crowned double world champion for second time|publisher=Blackpool Gazette|accessdate=16 January 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1103411/bowls-dawes-double|title=Dawes beats Harlow to complete singles-pairs double at World Indoor Bowls Championships|publisher=Inside the Games|accessdate=16 January 2025}}
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Category:English male bowls players