# Ian Bond

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'''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](/source/2008_World_Indoor_Bowls_Championship) and repeated the feat securing the [2010 World Indoor Bowls Championship](/source/2010_World_Indoor_Bowls_Championship) whilst partnering [Andy Thomson](/source/Andy_Thomson_(bowls)) 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](/source/2025_World_Indoor_Bowls_Championship), Bond became the inaugural invitational Masters champion with a win over [Billy Jackson](/source/Billy_Jackson_(bowls)) in the final, after defeating [Graham Robertson](/source/Graham_Robertson_(bowls)) 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 ==
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==External links==
* {{CGF profile}}
* {{2006 Commonwealth Games profile|103772}}

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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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