Paul Foster (bowls)

Paul Foster

Paul Foster at the medal award ceremony for the men's doubles at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow
Personal information
Nationality	Scottish
Born	(1973-03-13) 13 March 1973 (age 44) Irvine, Scotland
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	95 kg (209 lb)
Sport
Sport	Bowls
Medal record Representing  Scotland Lawn Bowls World Outdoor Championships 2012 Adelaide Men's Pairs 2012 Adelaide Men's Team 2016 Christchurch Men's Pairs 2016 Christchurch Men's Fours Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Men's Pairs 2014 Glasgow Men's Pairs 2014 Glasgow Men's Fours Atlantic Championships 2015 Paphos Men's Team 2015 Paphos Men's Pairs 2015 Paphos Men's Fours Indoor Bowls World Indoor Championships 1998 Preston Men's Singles 2001 Great Yarmouth Men's Singles 2002 Great Yarmouth Open Pairs 2005 Great Yarmouth Men's Singles 2011 Great Yarmouth Men's Singles 2011 Great Yarmouth Open Pairs 2012 Great Yarmouth Open Pairs 2013 Great Yarmouth Open Pairs 2013 Great Yarmouth Mxed Pairs 2014 Great Yarmouth Mxed Pairs 2017 Great Yarmouth Open Singles 2001 Great Yarmouth Men's Pairs 2012 Great Yarmouth Mixed Pairs 2013 Great Yarmouth Men's Singles 2014 Great Yarmouth Open Pairs 2015 Great Yarmouth Open Pairs 2015 Great Yarmouth Mxed Pairs

Paul James Foster MBE (born 13 March 1973) is a bowls player who lives in Troon, Scotland. Foster is also a taxi proprietor. He plays at Troon Portland (Outdoor) & Ambassador Prestwick (Indoor) bowling clubs.

Foster is the second most prolific winner of the World Indoor Championship singles title, behind six-times winner, pairs partner and close friend Alex Marshall. He has five wins from six final appearances (in 1998, 2001, 2005, 2011 and 2017), with his only defeat coming in the 2013 final to Stewart Anderson.

He has a record nine major WBT titles to his credit plus three Commonwealth Games Gold medals, two in pairs competition with his partner, Alex Marshall (in 2006 and 2014), and another in the fours event (in 2014 with Marshall too). The pairing went on to win the World Indoor Pairs title in 2011, 2012, and 2013. In 2012, they added the World Outdoor Pairs title, becoming the first players to win the indoor and outdoor pairs titles in the same year.