Kelvin Kerkow

Kelvin Kerkow
Personal information
Full name Kelvin Ivan Kerkow
Nickname(s) Spike
Nationality Australian
Born (1969-04-22) 22 April 1969
Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) (2011)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb) (2011)
Sport
Sport Bowls
Club South Tweed Sports Club
Updated on 8 November 2012.

Kelvin Kerkow (born 22 April 1969) is an Australian lawn bowls and indoor bowls player and author.

Kelvin has won three World Indoor Championships Pairs Gold Medals. In the 1996 World Indoor Bowls Championship he partnered Ian Schuback, and in the 2005 World Indoor Bowls Championship & 2009 World Indoor Bowls Championship he partnered Mervyn King.[1]

Kerkow also secured the 2006 Commonwealth Games Singles Gold Medal [2]

In January 2009 Kerkow released his autobiography Rolled Gold in which he tells the story of his battle with a childhood disease and how lawn bowls helped him overcome his disability with help from his friend Steve Glasson.[3]

Other Achievements in Bowls:

References

  1. "Kelvin Kerkow profile". World Bowls.
  2. "Kerkow wins men's lawn bowls gold". ABC News.
  3. Williams, Patrick (25 November 2009). "Kerkow’s life on a roll". Tweed Daily News. Retrieved 4 December 2009.


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