Carl Bottomley

Carl was inducted into the Queensland Hall of Fame on 17th March 2007. He still competes regularly on the Australian Tournament scene.

Below is a summary of his many achievements:

Australian Teams

Represented Australia 6 times. 5 FIQ events and 1 World Cup

13 FIQ medals

9 Gold - including Asian Senior singles, World Youth Masters, Asian Youth Masters and 3 All Events

3 Silver

1 Bronze

3rd at the 1996 Bowling World Cup

State Teams

Represented Qld 8 times.  6 President Shield and 2 Rachuig

Major National Titles

Twice won the South Pacific Classic

Twice won the Junior South Pacific Classic

Twice second in the South Pacific Classic

4 times won the Koolfoam Classic

Twice won the Australian Open

Second twice in the Australian Open

Won the Melbourne Cup

Second 3 times in the Melbourne Cup

3 times won the Qld Open

Twice won the Brisbane Cup

Won the Australian Marathon.

Second twice in the Perth Cup

Second twice in the Adelaide Cup

Twice No 1 ranked Australian male bowler

State Events

5 time Redcliffe City Open Winner.  Have finished in the top 5, 15 of 16 times

3 times Caboolture Open winner.

3 times Caboolture grand slam winner.

Twice Sport Series overall winner.

3 times Qld AMF points winner.

Twice Capalaba Open winner

3 times Western Open Winner.

Twice Browns Plains Open winner

3 times Pine Rivers Open winner

Twice Hervey Bay Open winner.

300 games - 31              High 3 game series - 834             High 4 game series - 1095