Carl Bottomley

CarlBottomleyCarl 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 Queensland 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 Queensland 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 Queensland 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