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 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