# Stephen Farish

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{{Short description|British bowls player}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
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| name              = Stephen Farish
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| fullname          = Stephen Edward Farish
| nationality       = British (English)
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1970|8|12|df=y}}
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| sport             = [Lawn bowls](/source/Bowls)
| club              = Wigton Bowling Club
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{{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | [World Outdoor Championships](/source/World_Bowls_Championship) }}
{{MedalBronze| [2008 Christchurch](/source/2008_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) | [fours](/source/2008_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship_-_Men's_Fours)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalSilver|[2002 Manchester](/source/2002_Commonwealth_Games)|[pairs](/source/Lawn_bowls_at_the_2002_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[British Isles Championships](/source/British_Isles_Bowls_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold|2001|pairs}}
{{MedalGold|1998|triples}}
}}

'''Stephen Edward Farish''' (born 12 August 1970) is an English international [bowls](/source/bowls) player.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m2006.thecgf.com/Participants/Participants?ID=103774|title=Stephen Farish profile|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>

== Biography ==
In 1992, Farish won the [national singles](/source/Bowls_England_National_Championships_(men's_singles_four_wood)) title after defeating [Hugh Duff](/source/Hugh_Duff_(bowls)) in the final.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004985/19920912/084/0084 |title=Super Steve |work=Manchester Evening News  |date=12 September 1992 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=19 August 2024}}</ref> He has further [National Championship](/source/List_of_Bowls_England_Men's_National_Championships) titles in 1997 and 2000.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005195/20000907/613/0069 |title=Andy's wisdom beyond his years |work=Worthing Herald  |date=7 September 2000  |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=22 August 2024}}</ref>

In 2002 he won a silver medal with [Dean Morgan](/source/Dean_Morgan_(bowls)) in the [pairs](/source/Bowls_at_the_2002_Commonwealth_Games) at the [2002 Commonwealth Games](/source/2002_Commonwealth_Games) in [Manchester](/source/Manchester).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecgf.com/search/athlete.asp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912135955/http://www.thecgf.com/search/athlete.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-09-12|title=Games Results for Stephen Farish|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>

In 2008 he won a bronze medal with [Mark Bantock](/source/Mark_Bantock), [Robert Newman](/source/Robert_Newman_(bowls)) and [Graham Shadwell](/source/Graham_Shadwell) in the [fours](/source/2008_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship_-_Men's_Fours) at the [2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship](/source/2008_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) in [Christchurch](/source/Christchurch), New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/sunday-star-times/20080106/282127812149033|title=Forsyth Saga can be Explosive|publisher=Press Reader}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{CGF profile}}
* {{2006 Commonwealth Games profile|103774}}

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Category:1970 births
Category:Living people
Category:English male bowls players
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Category:Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in lawn bowls

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