{{Short description|Australian lawn bowler}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Lynsey Clarke | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | birth_name = Lynsey Reeve Armitage | nationality = Australian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|12|6|df=y}} | birth_place = Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England | death_date = | death_place = | club = Tweed Heads BC | highestranking = '''4''' (June 2024)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldbowlsseries.com/female-rankings/ |title=Female rankings |publisher=World Bowls Series |access-date=28 June 2024}}</ref> | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's Lawn bowls}} {{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}} {{MedalCompetition | World Outdoor Championships }} {{MedalGold | 2008 Christchurch | Women's fours }} {{MedalBronze | 2008 Christchurch | Women's pairs }} {{MedalGold | 2008 Christchurch | Women's team }} {{MedalGold | 2012 Adelaide | Women's triples }} {{MedalGold | 2012 Adelaide | Women's team }} {{MedalGold | 2023 Gold Coast | triples}} {{MedalSilver | 2023 Gold Coast | fours}} {{MedalBronze | 2023 Gold Coast | team}} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalGold|2006 Victoria|Women's pairs}} {{MedalSilver|2014 Glasgow|Women's triples}} {{MedalCompetition | Asia Pacific Bowls Championships }} {{MedalBronze|2003 Brisbane|fours}} {{MedalGold|2005 Melbourne|pairs}} {{MedalGold|2007 Christchurch|pairs}} {{MedalBronze|2007 Christchurch|fours}} {{MedalBronze|2009 Kuala Lumpur|pairs}} {{MedalGold|2011 Adelaide|triples}} {{MedalSilver|2011 Adelaide|fours}} {{MedalGold|2019 Gold Coast|pairs}} {{MedalBronze|2019 Gold Coast|fours}} }}
'''Lynsey Reeve Clarke''' (née '''Armitage''', born 6 December 1983 in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England) is an Australian lawn bowler.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bowlsaustralia.com.au/Aus-Squads/Australian-Jackaroos/Lynsey-Clarke |title=Lynsey Clarke |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=24 October 2016 |archive-date=24 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024232052/http://www.bowlsaustralia.com.au/Aus-Squads/Australian-Jackaroos/Lynsey-Clarke |url-status=dead}}</ref> She reached a career high ranking of world number 4 in June 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldbowlsseries.com/female-rankings/ |title=Female rankings |publisher=World Bowls Series |access-date=9 March 2025 }}</ref>
== Bowls career == === World Championship === In 2008, she won a gold in the fours and team event and a bronze medal in the pairs at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. The success continued in the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship winning another gold medal in the triples and team events.
In 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bowls.com.au/2020-world-bowls-championships-jackaroos-team-confirmed/ |title=2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: JACKAROOS TEAM CONFIRMED |publisher=Bowls Australia |date=10 February 2020 |access-date=20 February 2020 |archive-date=20 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220211004/https://www.bowls.com.au/2020-world-bowls-championships-jackaroos-team-confirmed/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent Australia at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bowlsinternational.keypublishing.com/competitors-confirmed-world-bowls-outdoor-championships/ |title=COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 |website=Bowls International |date=5 June 2023 |access-date=2 September 2023 |archive-date=11 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811144331/https://bowlsinternational.keypublishing.com/competitors-confirmed-world-bowls-outdoor-championships/ |url-status=live}}</ref> She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldbowls.com/events-list/ |title=Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia |publisher=World Bowls |access-date=2 September 2023 |archive-date=19 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519080851/https://www.worldbowls.com/events-list/ |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://world2023.bowls.com.au/event-info/schedule/ |title=SCHEDULE & DRAWS |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=2 September 2023 |archive-date=11 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811144518/https://world2023.bowls.com.au/event-info/schedule/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In the fours, her team won the silver medal after losing to England in the final. One week later in the triples (partnering Kelsey Cottrell and Dawn Hayman), the team won the group undefeated and reached the final against New Zealand, going on to win the gold medal.
=== Commonwealth Games === She competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games Pairs competition with Karen Murphy and won the gold medal. In 2014 under her married name of Clarke she competed in the Women's triples at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lynsey Clarke biography |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/squash/1030448/lynsey_clarke.html |website=glasgow2014.com |access-date=14 September 2014 |archive-date=14 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914222903/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/squash/1030448/lynsey_clarke.html |url-status=usurped}}</ref>
In 2022, she competed in the women's triples and the Women's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athlete-details/51178 |title=Official Games profile |publisher=2022 Commonwealth Games |access-date=4 August 2022 |archive-date=1 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220801215841/https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athlete-details/51178 |url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Asia Pacific === Clarke has won nine medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships (two of which were in her maiden name of Armitage). The medal haul includes four gold medals, the latest at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sportsdesq.sportstg.com/portal/index.cfm?fuseaction=main&OrgID=16084 |title=Results Portal |website=sportstg.com |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=29 June 2019 |archive-date=4 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204011228/https://sportsdesq.sportstg.com/portal/index.cfm?fuseaction=main&orgId=16084 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldbowls.com/2019/06/28/asia-pacific-championships-gold-coast-australia-day-10/ |title=Asia Pacific Championships – Gold Coast, Australia – Day 10 |website=worldbowls.com |publisher=World Bowls |access-date=29 June 2019 |archive-date=29 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629095340/http://www.worldbowls.com/2019/06/28/asia-pacific-championships-gold-coast-australia-day-10/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
=== National === In 2017 she won the pairs and fours titles at the Australian National Bowls Championships and in 2021, she won her 8th & 9th Australian Open crown, this time in the pairs and fours.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://australianopen.bowls.com.au/honour-roll-2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203173634/http://australianopen.bowls.com.au/honour-roll-2/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 February 2020 |title=Honour Roll |website=australianopen.bowls.com.au |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=26 July 2021}}</ref> In 2022, she won her 10th title at the Australian Open.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://australianopen.bowls.com.au/2022/06/23/2022-australian-open-day-13-wrap/ |title=2022 AUSTRALIAN OPEN: DAY 13 WRAP |website=australianopen.bowls.com.au |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=18 May 2023 |archive-date=18 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518120436/https://australianopen.bowls.com.au/2022/06/23/2022-australian-open-day-13-wrap/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2023, Clarke won the Australian National Bowls Championships pairs title with Claire Turley<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowls.com.au/2023-nationals-day-12-recap/ |title=Day 12 recap |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=28 June 2024}}</ref> and in 2025, she won the Australian Open fours title.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://australianopen.bowls.com.au/2025/06/19/2025-australian-open-day-13-wrap/ |title=Day 13 wrap |date=19 June 2025 |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Commonwealth Games Australia|lynsey-clarke|Lynsey Clarke}} * {{CGF profile|name=Lynsey Clarke}} * {{2006 Commonwealth Games profile|name=Lynsey Armitage}} * {{2010 Commonwealth Games profile|606127|Lynsey Clarke}} * {{2014 Commonwealth Games profile|lawn_bowls/1030448/l_clarke|Lynsey Clarke}} * {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|51178|Lynsey Clarke}} * {{Twitter|LynseyArmitage|Lynsey Clarke}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Clarke, Lynsey}} Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Pontefract Category:Australian female bowls players Category:Bowls World Champions Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Category:Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Category:Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Category:Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Category:Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in lawn bowls Category:Commonwealth Games bowls players for Australia Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in lawn bowls