Lisa John
Encyclopedia
Lisa John is an English
ten-pin bowler
.
A resident of Worthing
, West Sussex
, Lisa has been bowling since 1990. Currently ranked number 6 in the UK Lisa has been a National Team Member from 1997 – 2003, but has been out of the National Team due to personal reasons and injury.
Lisa was selected to play for England under 18s every year from 1993 – 1999, and was the Junior Nationals Champion in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997 & 1998.
She was voted Most Promising Newcomer to Adult Tournaments in 1997, Junior Bowler of the Year 1997 and 1998 and in 1998 was voted Young Bowler of the Year by National Bowling Magazine.
In the European Youth Championships held in Vienna
, Austria
in 1998, Lisa won Bronze in the Doubles and Silver in the Team Event.
In Moscow
, Russia
in 1998, Lisa became the World Youth Games Champion and in the European Youth Team Cup in Brussels
, Belgium
in 1999 won the Gold medal.
At the World Youth Championships 2000 held in Santo Domingo
, Dominican Republic
, Lisa was Doubles Champion and at the World Youth Championships held in Pattaya
, Thailand
in 2002 was part of the Champion team.
Lisa was 4th in the British Open in 1996, the All Events Winner at the BTBA Nationals
in 1997,
the Highest Placed British Lady in the British Open 1998, the AMF Sheffield Singles Champion 1998 and 1999, the AMF Scott Banks Memorial Ladies Winner 1999 and 2nd in 2000, and took the AMF Wolves Doubles 1st 1999.
At the World Championships held in 1999 in the UAE, she was placed 5th in Doubles and 12th in All-Events.
She became the BTBA Nationals
Ladies Team Champions 2001, and the Irish Open Champion the same year. At the European Championships held that year in Aalborg
, Denmark
she was Doubles Champion, Trios Champion, took a Team Bronze, an Individual Bronze (based on accumulative score from all events) and set new European records in Doubles and Trios.
She continued her success by taking the European Cup for Individuals in Moscow
, Russia
; and being the Highest Placed British Lady, British Open.
She took Bronze in the European Team Cup in 2002 in Essen
, Germany
; and 4th position at the Sinai International Open [2002 in Cairo
, Egypt
. The same year, she was AMF Portsmouth Singles Winner 2002, AMF Wellingborough Doubles Winner 2002, 3rd in the British Open, and took European Cup for Individuals at Schiedam
, The Netherlands.
She continued her success in 2003, becoming Irish Open Runner-Up, Scott Banks Memorial Trios Singles Winner, Under 24 British Open Champion, Portsmouth Singles Winner, and receiving silver at the World Championships in Malaysia.
In 2005, she was BTBA Nationals
Doubles and Team Champion.
At the UK Championships in 2006, she was a runner-up; the same year, she was a World Cup Qualification winner and World Cup Runner-Up at Caracas
, Venezuela
.
In 2007, she was BTBA Nationals
Doubles & Team Champion and All-Events Runner-Up and Jim Brewer Memorial Champion 2007. She will be representing England
at the Women’s World Championships in Mexico
1 – 8 September 2007.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
ten-pin bowler
Ten-pin bowling
Ten-pin bowling is a competitive sport in which a player rolls a bowling ball down a wooden or synthetic lane with the objective of scoring points by knocking down as many pins as possible.-Summary:The lane is bordered along its length by semicylindrical channels Ten-pin bowling (commonly just...
.
A resident of Worthing
Worthing
Worthing is a large seaside town with borough status in West Sussex, within the historic County of Sussex, forming part of the Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton conurbation. It is situated at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of the county town of Chichester...
, West Sussex
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...
, Lisa has been bowling since 1990. Currently ranked number 6 in the UK Lisa has been a National Team Member from 1997 – 2003, but has been out of the National Team due to personal reasons and injury.
Lisa was selected to play for England under 18s every year from 1993 – 1999, and was the Junior Nationals Champion in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997 & 1998.
She was voted Most Promising Newcomer to Adult Tournaments in 1997, Junior Bowler of the Year 1997 and 1998 and in 1998 was voted Young Bowler of the Year by National Bowling Magazine.
In the European Youth Championships held in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
in 1998, Lisa won Bronze in the Doubles and Silver in the Team Event.
In Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
in 1998, Lisa became the World Youth Games Champion and in the European Youth Team Cup in Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
in 1999 won the Gold medal.
At the World Youth Championships 2000 held in Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
, Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
, Lisa was Doubles Champion and at the World Youth Championships held in Pattaya
Pattaya
Pattaya is a city in Thailand, located on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about 165 km southeast of Bangkok located within but not part of Amphoe Bang Lamung in the province of Chonburi....
, Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
in 2002 was part of the Champion team.
Lisa was 4th in the British Open in 1996, the All Events Winner at the BTBA Nationals
BTBA Nationals
The BTBA Nationals is a ten-pin bowling national championship tournament held in the United Kingdom by the British Tenpin Bowling Association...
in 1997,
the Highest Placed British Lady in the British Open 1998, the AMF Sheffield Singles Champion 1998 and 1999, the AMF Scott Banks Memorial Ladies Winner 1999 and 2nd in 2000, and took the AMF Wolves Doubles 1st 1999.
At the World Championships held in 1999 in the UAE, she was placed 5th in Doubles and 12th in All-Events.
She became the BTBA Nationals
BTBA Nationals
The BTBA Nationals is a ten-pin bowling national championship tournament held in the United Kingdom by the British Tenpin Bowling Association...
Ladies Team Champions 2001, and the Irish Open Champion the same year. At the European Championships held that year in Aalborg
Aalborg
-Transport:On the north side of the Limfjord is Nørresundby, which is connected to Aalborg by a road bridge Limfjordsbroen, an iron railway bridge Jernbanebroen over Limfjorden, as well as a motorway tunnel running under the Limfjord Limfjordstunnelen....
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
she was Doubles Champion, Trios Champion, took a Team Bronze, an Individual Bronze (based on accumulative score from all events) and set new European records in Doubles and Trios.
She continued her success by taking the European Cup for Individuals in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
; and being the Highest Placed British Lady, British Open.
She took Bronze in the European Team Cup in 2002 in Essen
Essen
- Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
; and 4th position at the Sinai International Open [2002 in Cairo
Cairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
, Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
. The same year, she was AMF Portsmouth Singles Winner 2002, AMF Wellingborough Doubles Winner 2002, 3rd in the British Open, and took European Cup for Individuals at Schiedam
Schiedam
Schiedam is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. It is part of the Rotterdam metropolitan area. The city is located west of Rotterdam, east of Vlaardingen and south of Delft...
, The Netherlands.
She continued her success in 2003, becoming Irish Open Runner-Up, Scott Banks Memorial Trios Singles Winner, Under 24 British Open Champion, Portsmouth Singles Winner, and receiving silver at the World Championships in Malaysia.
In 2005, she was BTBA Nationals
BTBA Nationals
The BTBA Nationals is a ten-pin bowling national championship tournament held in the United Kingdom by the British Tenpin Bowling Association...
Doubles and Team Champion.
At the UK Championships in 2006, she was a runner-up; the same year, she was a World Cup Qualification winner and World Cup Runner-Up at Caracas
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
, Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
.
In 2007, she was BTBA Nationals
BTBA Nationals
The BTBA Nationals is a ten-pin bowling national championship tournament held in the United Kingdom by the British Tenpin Bowling Association...
Doubles & Team Champion and All-Events Runner-Up and Jim Brewer Memorial Champion 2007. She will be representing England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
at the Women’s World Championships in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
1 – 8 September 2007.
Sources
- Arun Business Partnership. Lisa John, England’s Number 1 Female Tenpin Bowler
- bowlingdigital.com. Lisa John leads women into top 24 in 42nd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup. 11 August 2006