Catherine Popple

Catherine Ivy Popple, born Catherine Anton and born on 5 May 1965, is a former English international lawn bowler who represented England for 26 years, from 1987 to 2012. Under her maiden name she played the fours event for England at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, and at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur she won a bronze medal in the fours alongside Norma Shaw, Mandy Jacklin and Shirley Page. A year later she took the fours silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. At home she won eleven national titles representing Huntingdonshire, made up of one singles, one pairs, one triples, four fours and four junior titles. In 2024 she was appointed a national selector for Bowls England, and she is married to fellow bowler Stuart Popple.