Catherine Popple
(née Catherine Anton)
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1965-05-05) 5 May 1965 [1]
Sport
ClubParkway BC
Peterborough & District BC
Medal record
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Kuala Lumpur fours
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Silver medal – second place1999 Cape Townfours
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place2006triples
Gold medal – first place2005fours
Gold medal – first place2008fours

Catherine Ivy Anton (born 1965) married name Catherine Popple is a former English international lawn bowler.[2]

Bowls career

Anton represented England in the fours event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.[3][4][5]

In 1998 she represented England at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur and won a bronze medal in the fours event with Norma Shaw, Mandy Jacklin and Shirley Page.[6][7]

In 1999 she won the fours silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[8][9]

Anton is also an eleven times national champion representing Huntingdonshire, one singles, one pairs, one triples, four fours and four junior.[10]

She married fellow bowler Stuart Popple.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Athlete profile". 2006 Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. ↑ "Catherine Anton profile". Bowls Tawa.
  3. ↑ "1994 Athletes". Team England.
  4. ↑ "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  5. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. ↑ "THOSE WERE THE DAYS... Local sporting highlights from this week in years gone by". Peterborough News.
  7. ↑ "KUALA LUMPUR 1998: Bronze Medallists". Commonwealth Games England. Archived from the original on 31 January 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  8. ↑ "'Johnston maintains dominance' (1999)". The Times. 29 March 1999. p. 31. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  9. ↑ "'For the Record' (1999)". The Times. 25 March 1999. p. 53. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  10. ↑ "Past Records". Bowls England.
  11. ↑ "Bowls: Leaders beat Brett, but can he topple Popple?". Peterborough News.
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