2024 Hong Kong Classic team announcement

Bowls Scotland is delighted to announce the players representing Scotland at the 2024 Hong Kong Classic.

The event will be held from Saturday 9th – Sunday 17th November at Craigengower Cricket Club, Hong Kong Football Club and Indian Recreation Club.

Our women’s line-up features the defending champions from 2023, Dee Hoggan and Rachel Sinclair, who will be hoping to retain their title in South East Asia. Dee is a former Scottish and British Isles Ladies Singles winner and has collected medals at both the European Championships and World Champion of Champions in recent years. Meanwhile, Rachel Sinclair clinched gold in the Women’s Fours at the 2022 European Championships and also won the British Isles Ladies Under 25 Singles title back in 2019.

Darren Gualtieri and Iain McLean complete the Scottish quartet, having both produced excellent results in both national and international competitions in recent years. Darren won the Bowls Scotland Gents Singles crown in 2022 and since then has picked up silver medals at the British Isles Championships, European Championships and World Champion of Champions respectively. Iain McLean enjoyed another stellar 2024 season, lifting the Bowls Scotland Gents Singles title for an incredible third time in August. Iain has also medalled at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and 2023 World Bowls Championships to add to his ever-growing CV.

Dee, Rachel, Darren and Iain will compete in the Men’s & Women’s Singles as well as the Men’s & Women’s Pairs events throughout the nine days of competition.

Bowls Scotland Head of High Performance Bowls, Kareena Cuthbert, said: This is a fantastic opportunity for our Scottish players to place another marker down as a formidable force on the international stage.

“The Hong Kong Classic is a well-established event contested by many other top nations and provides a highly competitive environment which I am sure Dee, Rachel, Darren and Iain will thrive in.

“I look forward to watching their progress and hope for further titles to be won by our talented bowlers.”

Find out more about the 2024 Hong Kong Classic here: https://www.bowls.org.hk/hong-kong-international-bowls-classic-2024-issued-on-18-7-2024/

We will keep everyone updated on Scotland’s progress throughout the event via our website and social media pages. The full team is listed below:

Women:

Dee Hoggan (Tranent BC)

Rachel Sinclair (Kingswood BC)

Men:

Darren Gualtieri (Hyndland BC)

Iain McLean (Blackwood Victoria BC)

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