Stephen Williams

Stephen Williams, born on 3 August 1973, is a Welsh short mat bowls player who has won the singles world championship four times, in 2002, 2004, 2010 and 2012. He also took the world triples title in 1994 and has been a multiple national champion and British Isles champion. On the Short mat players tour he has won three singles events: the 2015 English Masters, the 2019 British Open and the 2019 English Masters, beating Paul Bax, Benny Bass and Sean Hughes in those finals. In 2018 he won the Welsh Grand Prix 2 Bowl Pairs with partner Johnathan Payne, and in 2012, as reigning world champion, he beat Alex Marshall in the champion of champions series.