Sophie Tolchard

British lawn bowler
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroBritish lawn bowler
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain
isBowls player Bowler
Work fieldSports
Gender
Female
Birth2 October 1991, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, United Kingdom
Age33 years
Star signLibra
The details

Biography

Sophie Tolchard (born 2 October 1991) is an English international lawn bowler.

Bowls career

Sophie competed for England in the women's triples at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where she won a gold medal with partners Ellen Falkner and Sian Gordon.

In 2016, she won a pairs bronze medal with Ellen Falkner at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch. She was selected as part of the English team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland.

She has won multiple National Championships, three of which have been in the National singles. The latest successes were in 2018 when she beat Amy Gowshall in the singles and was also part of the winning fours and the 2019 Two wood singles.

In 2020 she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.

Personal life

She is the sister of England international bowler Sam Tolchard.

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