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English bowls player (born 1993)

Chelsea Spencer
(née Tomlin)
Personal information
National teamEngland England
Born1993
Sport
ClubSpalding Indoor Bowls Club

Chelsea Spencer (née Tomlin) (born 1993) is an English bowls player. She has won multiple national indoor titles and reached the semi-finals in the women's singles at the 2025 World Indoor Bowls Championship.

Career

Spencer began playing bowls at the age of nine, following in the footsteps of her father, Martin Tomlin and grandfather, Mick Tomlin, who competed together in the men's pairs at the 1990 World Indoor Bowls Championship.

Having played for England at under-18 and under-25 levels, she made her full international debut in 2017. A year later, Spencer won the English national women's indoor pairs and mixed fours titles as well as captaining England to the British under-25 team championship. She claimed the English national indoor two bowl women's singles title in 2019 and 2022.

Spencer qualified for the 2025 World Indoor Bowls Championship. After taking part in the mixed pairs alongside Mark Dawes, she made it through to the semi-finals of the women's singles with a win over Lucy Smith.

Personal life

Spencer is a qualified nurse who works as a ward sister at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston, Lincolnshire.

References

  1. "Spalding Lightning bowls ace Chelsea Spencer swapping day job at Boston's Pilgrim Hospital for dreams of world bowls glory". Lincs Online. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  2. "Family on Glory Trail". Lincolnshire Echo. 24 February 1990. Retrieved 21 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Nurse swaps wards for world championship bowls". BBC News. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Hospital sister swaps the wards for the world championships bowls arena". Lincolnshire World. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  5. ^ "'Making a new dream' on the portable rink". Bowls International. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  6. "ENGLISH INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS: Spalding win another title thanks to Ruby and Chelsea". Peterborough Telegraph. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  7. "BOWLS: National title for Chelsea and Ruby". Lincs Online. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  8. "BOWLS: Chelsea shows class to win national title". Lincs Online. April 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  9. "Spalding Indoor Bowls Club ace Chelsea wins national two bowl title again". Spalding Voice. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  10. "Chelsea Spencer of Spalding Indoor Bowls Club will be taking part in the Ladies World Matchplay event". Lincs Online. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  11. "Ambassador Cruise Line World Indoor Bowls Championships: Day Eight Recap". Bowls International. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  12. "Boston bowler ready for world semi-final showdown". Derbyshire Times. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  13. "Ambassador Cruise Line World Indoor Bowls Championships: Day 10 Recap". Bowls International. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
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