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“Meet the Members” feature

Bob Love, Ron Horner, Kieran Rollings.

Bob Love
BOB LOVE: EALABA Player.
Three times Masters champion.
Represented GB in the Paralympics in Swimming, Athletics and Bowls.
Won a bronze medal in the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Ron Homer
RON HOMER: Visually Impaired
Current VIBE English
National B2 Singles Champion.  2015 B2 Singles World Champion
2015 won the uk national indoor B2 singles

Kieran Rollings
KIERAN ROLLINGS: CP player.
Englands youngest DBE representative, first International Cap against Scotland in 2015. Winner of the Bowls England U18 Sutton Winston Pairs Aug 2015.
EIBA U18 Trialist.

We asked the following quick fire questions.

BOB LOVE:

Where do you play?

Tamworth IBC, Staffordshire

What make, model and size bowl do you use?

Taylor Vector VS size 5 and Aero Defiance size 5.

Who has been the biggest influence in your career?

Me

Describe yourself in one word

Competitive

What are your other interests/hobbies?

Watching sports especially football, reading crime novels and family.

What do you consider your biggest achievement so far?

Competing on the same stage at the same time as our able bodied colleagues in the Commonwealth Games & winning a bronze medal

What would you like to further achieve?

To better the bronze medal at 2018 Commonwealth Games (if selected)

Which player would you most like to team up with?

I know Andy Thomson so he would be my choice

Marmite – “Love it” or “Hate it”?

Hate it

RON HOMER:

Where do you play?

Yeovil Bowls Club, Somerset

What make, model and size bowl do you use?

Taylor Ace size 4 heavy.

Who has been the biggest influence in your career?

Patrick Lovell, he won V.I.B.E. nationals on 3 consecutive years

Describe yourself in one word

Competitive

What are your other interests/hobbies?

Skittles & Scrabble.

What do you consider your biggest achievement so far?

Winning Gold in the IBD World Championships in New Zealand 2015

What would you like to further achieve?

Win World Blind Bowls 2017. Have a chance to defend my IBD World title in 2019.

Which player would you most like to team up with?

Bob Love, because he always beats me.

Marmite – “Love it” or “Hate it”?

Love it

KIERAN ROLLINGS :

Where do you play?

Kettering Lodge BC, Northampton

What make, model and size bowl do you use?

Taylor Ace size 3 outdoor. Aero Revolution size 3 indoor

Who has been the biggest influence in your career?

My Grandad, he has been successful & played in the national finals at Worthing. He supports me a lot.

Describe yourself in one word

Competitive

What are your other interests/hobbies?

Snooker and pool but I don’t play competitively.

What do you consider your biggest achievement so far?

Winning the BE Sutton Winson pairs in 2015 & playing for the DBE International Team

What would you like to further achieve?

Go to the Commonwealth games, play at Potters World Championships & be one of the top players in the country.

Which player would you most like to team up with?

Bob Love, as he would inspire me further and make my game even better.

Marmite – “Love it” or “Hate it”?

Love it

1 thought on ““Meet the Members” feature

  1. Interesting reading nice idea, nice to see well known faces. Good luck in 2016 to all VIBE players from Maria Spencer of Scotland, current B3 ladies outdoor 2015 World Singles Champion and Pairs Silver medalist, 2015 B3 ladies British Indoors Champion. Looking forward to meeting you all in 2016.

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