Andy Thomson

Andrew Edward Thomson, known as Andy Thomson, is a British former international lawn and indoor bowler, born in Fife, Scotland, on 26 November 1955. He began by representing Scotland and later chose to represent England. At the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh he played in the singles, and at the 1994 Games he won a bronze medal in the pairs with Gary Smith. Indoors he was one of the sport's great champions: he won the World Indoor Bowls Championships pairs title in 1993, the men's singles titles in 1994, 1995 and 2012, and a world fours title in 1996. He was appointed MBE in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to bowls and retired from the England indoor team in 2018 after 114 caps. He now works as a tactical coach with Bowls Australia.