Ronnie Duncan

{{Short description|Scottish international lawn bowler}}

{{for|the British writer|Ronald Duncan}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Use British English|date=December 2024}}

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| nationality = Scottish

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|9|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland

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| sport = Lawn bowls

| club = Bonnyrigg BC

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{{MedalCompetition | World Outdoor Championships }}

{{MedalBronze| 2016 Christchurch | fours}}

{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games }}

{{MedalGold | 2018 Gold Coast|triples}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Atlantic Bowls Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Cardiff|fours}}

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Ronald Duncan (born 22 September 1983) is a Scottish international lawn bowler.{{cite web|url=https://12242-console.memberconnex.com//Scotland.pdf|title=Ronnie Duncan|publisher=World Bowls 2016}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Bowls career

He won the indoor National Pairs Championship in 2014, partnering Colin Walker. During the 2016 World Indoor Bowls Championship pairs they were beaten finalists, losing out to fellow Scots Stewart Anderson and Darren Burnett.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/bowls/35342170|title=World Indoor Bowls: Darren Burnett and Stewart Anderson take title|publisher=BBC Sport}}

Duncan won a bronze medal in the fours at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch with Alex Marshall, Paul Foster and Iain McLean.{{cite web|url=http://www.burnsidebowlingclub.com/2016WorldBowlsChampionshipFinalsResults.html|title=2016 World Bowls Championship Finals|publisher=Burnside Bowling Club}}

In 2018 he was selected as part of the Scottish team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland{{cite web|url=https://www.teamscotland.scot/athlete/ronnie-duncan/|title=2018 Commonwealth Games profile|publisher=Team Scotland}} where he claimed two gold medals in the Triples with Darren Burnett and Derek Oliver{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43687716|title=Commonwealth Games: Scotland beat Australia to win gold in bowls men's triple final|publisher=BBC Sport}} and the Fours with Marshall, Oliver and Foster.{{cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/lawn-bowls/event-schedule-men-s-fours.htm|title=Fours results|publisher=CG2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43748412|title=Commonwealth Games: Scotland's Alex Marshall wins record fifth gold as women take bronze in bowls|publisher=BBC Sport}}

Once again partnering Colin Walker the pair reached the semi-finals during the 2019 World Indoor Bowls Championship.{{cite web|url=https://worldbowlstour.tv/the-just-2019-world-indoor-championships-schedule-of-play/|title=World Indoor Bowls Schedule & Results|publisher=World Bowls}} Also during 2019 he won the fours gold medal and triples silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowls.com/event/2019-atlantic-championships/|title=2019 Atlantic Championships|publisher=World Bowls|access-date=15 May 2021}}

In 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsscotland.com/news/world-bowls-championships-2020-team-announcement|title=World Bowls Championships 2020 Team Announcement|publisher=Bowls Scotland}}

In 2024, Duncan won his first Scottish National Bowls Championships, by winning the fours with Bonnyrigg BC.{{cite web|url=https://bowlsinternational.keypublishing.com/marvellous-mclean/ |title=Marvellous McLean |website=Bowls International |access-date=5 August 2024}}

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