Lauren Gowen

Lauren Marie Gowen is a Welsh international lawn & indoor bowler, who won a silver medal at the 2025 World Bowls Indoor Championships and is a Welsh national champion and has been capped by Wales. She reached a career high ranking of world number 15 in June 2024.

Bowls career

Gowen came to prominence aged just 10-years-old, when she made history for Wales becoming the youngest bowler ever to play for Wales in the British Under-25s Championship.
In 2024, Gowen reached the quarter-finals at the World Bowls Junior Indoor Championship and won a bronze medal in the fours at the 2024 European Bowls Championships.
In 2024, Gowen won the national U25 indoor singles title and the 2025 British Isles U25 title. Subsequently in 2025, Gowen paired with Ross Owen, won the silver medal in the mixed pairs event at the 2025 World Bowls Indoor Championships in Aberdeen.
Further success arrived when she won the pairs at the 2025 British Championships.