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Stewart Anderson (born 1985 in Ayrshire) is a Scottish international bowls player and a world champion indoors.
Bowls career
He started bowling aged just 12 with Auchinleck Indoor Juniors and outdoor with Glaisnock Valley.
Having previously been a beaten finalist in the 2010 World Championships (where he lost out to Greg Harlow) Anderson beat Paul Foster in the final match that ended 10-10, 10-9 to secure the 2013 World indoor title.
During the 2016 World Indoor Bowls Championship Anderson partnered up with Darren Burnett and the Scottish pair recorded their first Open Pairs title success.
In 2018 he won the Scottish International Open. Later that season, Anderson became a two-time World Open singles champion, winning the 2019 World Indoor Bowls Championship. He would defeat Simon Skelton in a tie-break in the final, where he would lose only one set in the championships.
Anderson won the 2019 Scottish National Bowls Championships pairs title with Steven Shields for Eddlewood BC.
Personal life
He works for a Joiners firm and in 2019 he married Scottish International bowler Claire Walker in April 2019. Stewart was previously engaged to fellow bowls international Kerry Packwood with whom he has a daughter, Emma Jayne.