Natalie Melmore
Natalie Melmore is a lawn bowler from Newton Abbot.
Bowls career
Natalie represented England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games where she won a gold medal in the Lawn bowls at the [2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's singles|women's singles] event. In 2011 she won the singles and triples silver medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.Natalie went on to win a further two silver medals in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the Lawn bowls at the [2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's singles|women's singles] and Lawn bowls at the 2014 [Commonwealth Games – Women's pairs|women's pairs] events with partner Jamie-Lea Winch.
In 2016 she secured a fourth and fifth List of [Bowls England Women's National Championships|National title] win and in 2018 was part of the fours that won the National Championships. After her 2014 singles success she subsequently won the singles at the British [Isles Bowls Championships] in 2015.
She was selected as part of the English team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold [Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast] in Queensland. In 2019 she won the singles and pairs bronze medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.
In 2022, she competed in the Lawn bowls at the [2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's triples|women's triples] and the Lawn bowls at the 2022 Commonwealth [Games – Women's fours|Women's fours] at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. She won the gold medal in the triples with Jamie-Lea Winch and Sian Honnor.