Sophie Tolchard (born 2 October 1991) is an English international Bowls. She reached a career high ranking of world number 6 in August 2024.
Bowls career
World Championships
In 2016, she won a pairs bronze medal with
Ellen Falkner at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in
Christchurch.
In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent England at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.
Commonwealth Games
Sophie has competed at three Commonwealth Games for England. The first in the women's triples at the 2014 Commonwealth Games,
where she won a gold medal with partners
Ellen Falkner and
Sian Gordon.
The second was in 2018, when she was selected as part of the English team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in
Queensland.
In 2022, she competed in the women's pairs and the Women's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Atlantic Bowls Championship
In 2015, she won the triples silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.
In 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.
National Championships
She has won nine National Championships, three of which have been in the National singles. The recent successes were in 2018 when she beat
Amy Gowshall in the singles and was also part of the winning fours,
the 2019 Two wood singles, the 2021 triples, with
Harriet Stevens and Emma Cooper
and the 2022 pairs with Stevens.
In 2023, she won the singles title at the British Isles Bowls Championships, held in Ayr. It was her fifth British Isles title.
Personal life
She is the sister of England international bowler
Sam Tolchard. She now works part-time for Coreus.
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