Ross Owen
Ross Owen is a Welsh lawn and indoor bowler.
He is a Welsh international and reached a career high ranking of world number 4 in June 2025.
Bowls career
Owen won the Welsh [National Bowls Championships] fours in 2017 and the following year the triples, both National titles were won when bowling for Harlequins BC. He was the National Indoor Pairs Champion in 2014. In 2015 he won the fours bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.Owen bowls for Harlequins and Cynon Valley and was selected for the Welsh team for the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Avonhead, Christchurch, New Zealand and the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia.
In 2019, he won the fours bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships and in 2020, he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, Owen reached the final of the pairs and fours at the 2021 Welsh National Bowls Championships.
In 2022, he competed in the Lawn bowls at the [2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's triples|men's triples], where he won a bronze medal and the Lawn bowls at the 2022 [Commonwealth Games – Men's fours|men's fours] at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent Wales at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. He participated in the 2023 [World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's Triples|men's triples] and the men's fours events. Also in 2023, he won his third national title but first singles at the Welsh nationals.
In 2024, he won the singles title at the British Isles Bowls Championships. In 2024, Owen also won the 2024 Welsh National Indoor singles & triples, which qualified him to represent Wales at the 2025 [World Bowls Indoor Championships]. Subsequently in 2025, Owen paired with Lauren Gowen won the silver medal in the mixed pairs event at the 2025 World Bowls Indoor Championships in Aberdeen.
Owen won the gold medal after reaching the final of the 2025 Bowls World Cup, where he partnered Daniel Davies Jr. in the pairs event, beating Paul Foster and Jason Banks in the final.