{{Short description|English bowler}} {{Use British English|date=August 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Ian Bond | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|6|8|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | club = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}} {{MedalSport|}} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalSilver|2006|Men's pairs}} {{MedalCompetition|World Indoor Bowls Championships}} {{MedalGold|2008|Men's pairs}} {{MedalGold|2010|Men's pairs}} }}
'''Ian John Bond''' (born 8 June 1973) is an English international lawn and indoor bowler.
== Career == Bond plays for the Exonia indoor bowls club and the Crediton outdoor bowls club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowlstour.com/players/biography/ian-bond|title=Ian Bond Profile|publisher=World Bowls Tour}}</ref>
He won the Pairs title at the 2008 World Indoor Bowls Championship and repeated the feat securing the 2010 World Indoor Bowls Championship whilst partnering Andy Thomson on both occasions.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/bowls/8451058.stm|title=Bond & Thomson win Pairs|date=10 January 2010 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/bowls/6962975/Andy-Thomsons-greatest-bowl-clinches-World-Pairs-title-with-Ian-Bond.html |title=Andy Thomson's 'greatest bowl' clinches World Pairs title with Ian Bond |date=10 January 2010 |publisher=The Telegraph | access-date=28 August 2024 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> Also in 2010 he became the World Matchplay champion.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/bowls/8747789.stm |title=Devon's Ian Bond crowned World Matchplay champion |date=21 June 2010 |publisher=BBC Sport| access-date=28 August 2024}}</ref>
At the 2025 World Indoor Bowls Championship, Bond became the inaugural invitational Masters champion with a win over Billy Jackson in the final, after defeating Graham Robertson in the semi-finals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bowlsinternational.com/bond-wins-inaugural-ambassador-cruise-line-world-indoor-bowls-championships-masters/|title=Bond wins inaugural Ambassador Cruise Line World Indoor Bowls Championships masters|publisher=Bowls International|accessdate=26 January 2025}}</ref>
Other achievements include winning the -<br /> 2001 BUPA Care Homes Open<br /> 2003 Scottish Masters<br /> 2005 Scottish International Open 2005
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{CGF profile}} * {{2006 Commonwealth Games profile|103772}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bond, Ian}} Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:English male bowls players Category:Indoor Bowls World Champions Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Category:Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in lawn bowls Category:21st-century English sportsmen
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