Brendan Aquilina (born 23 September 1987) is a Maltese international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

Brendan Aquilina
Personal information
NationalityMaltese
Born (1987-09-23) 23 September 1987 (age 36)
Wollongong, Australia
Sport
SportLawn and indoor bowls
Medal record
Representing  Malta
World Cup Singles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Warilla singles
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Cardiff pairs

Bowls career edit

Outdoors edit

He was born in Wollongong, Australia and started bowling at the Jamberoo Bowling Club in New South Wales. He represented Malta in the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[2]

He was selected as part of the Maltese team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland where he reached the semi-finals of the Pairs with Shaun Parnis. In 2019 he won the pairs bronze medal with Mark Malogorski at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[3] and in 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[4]

In 2021, Aquilina won the 2020 triples title with Gary Kelly and Corey Wedlock at the delayed Australian National Bowls Championships.[5] The following day he also won the fours title with Wedlock, Jamie Turner and Aaron Teys.[6]

Indoors edit

In 2019 he finished runner-up to Gary Kelly in the final of the World Cup Singles.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "Brendan AQUILINA profile". GC 2018.
  2. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. ^ "2019 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  4. ^ "2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: COMPETING COUNTRIES". Bowls Australia.
  5. ^ "NEW SOUTH WALES DOMINATE TRIPLES AT AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  6. ^ "NSW & QLD CLAIM FOURS HONOURS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  7. ^ "World Cup indoor singles – Day 9". Bowls International.