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'''Matthew Len Le Ber''' (born 1984) is an international lawn bowler from Guernsey.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/medal-rush-at-european-championships/|title=MEDAL RUSH FOR ENGLAND AT EUROPEANS|date=27 September 2019|publisher=Bowls England|access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref>
==Bowls career== He made his international debut in 2001 and represented Guernsey at four Commonwealth Games; in the singles at the 2006 Commonwealth Games & 2010 Commonwealth Games, in the singles and triples at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the pairs at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.<ref name=CGF/>
He is a three times British champion winning the 2005 pairs, 2013 fours and 2016 triples at the British Isles Bowls Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://britishislesbowls.com/history-of-the-bibc/previous-winners/|title=Previous Winners|date=30 July 2013|publisher=British Isles Bowls Council|access-date=22 May 2021|archive-date=9 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109233329/https://britishislesbowls.com/history-of-the-bibc/previous-winners/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2007, he won the singles silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results-old.php|title=2007 Atlantic Championships|publisher=World Bowls Ltd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125035718/http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results-old.php|access-date=17 May 2021|archive-date=2010-11-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0503552743/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=8d4aa913 |title=Bowls |date=18 July 2007 |newspaper=The Times |access-date=20 May 2021 |page=61 |via=The Times Digital Archive |url-access=subscription }}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> and in 2017 won gold and silver medals at the European Bowls Championships. Two years later in 2019, he won two gold medals at the same Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bowlseurope.com/ebu-team-championships-2019/|title=2019 results|publisher=Bowls Europe|access-date=21 April 2022}}</ref>
==Personal life== He is an accounts administrator by trade and his father is Len Le Ber (another bowls international).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://guernseypress.com/news/2007/07/23/a-silver-lining/| title=A silver lining| publisher=Guernsey Press| access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://m2006.thecgf.com/Participants/Participants?ID=108780|title=2006 participants|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=1 June 2021}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Le Ber, Matt}} Category:Guernsey male bowls players Category:Living people Category:1984 births 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 2018 Commonwealth Games Category:Bowls European Champions