Mervyn King

Mervyn John King, born on 4 January 1966 in King's Lynn, is an English international lawn and indoor bowler from Fakenham. He was twice a runner-up in the national junior singles, in 1988 and 1989, and went on to represent England at three Commonwealth Games, in 2002, 2006 and 2010, winning a silver medal in the men's pairs at the 2010 Games with Stuart Airey. At the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Ayr he took two bronze medals, in the triples and the fours. His strongest results came indoors: he has stayed in the world top sixteen since 2006, won the world indoor singles title in 2006, and was world indoor pairs champion in 1997 with Tony Allcock and twice more with Kelvin Kerkow, in 2005 and 2009. He also won the 2009 World Matchplay and the 2010 Scottish International Open.