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Brendan Aquilina

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Brendan Aquilina
Personal information
NationalityMaltese
Born (1987-09-23) 23 September 1987 (age 37)
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

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

Bowls career

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Outdoors

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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

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

References

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  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.