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'''Simon
==Bowls career==
Recent indoor successes include the [[2012 World Indoor Bowls Championship]] Mixed Pairs title<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/bowls/16659160|title=Player Profile Simon Skelton|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> and the [[2015 World Indoor Bowls Championship]] Pairs title.▼
Simon bowls for the Nottingham indoor club and Stute outdoor bowls club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowlstour.com/players/biography/simon-skelton|title=Skelton Player Profile|publisher=World Bowls Tour}}</ref> During the [[2002 Commonwealth Games]] he was part of the fours that won the [[gold medal]] with [[John Ottaway]], [[Robert Newman (bowls)|Robert Newman]] and [[David Holt (bowls)|David Holt]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ath=2881|title=Athlete Profile|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>
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In addition to his international achievements he also won a [[List of Bowls England Men's National Championships|National Championship]] title in 2009 representing Derbyshire and Stute BC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/about-us/past-records|title=Past Records|publisher=Bowls England}}</ref>
He reached the final of the open singles at the [[2019 World Indoor Bowls Championship]] as a qualifier but lost to [[Stewart Anderson (bowls)|Stewart Anderson]] in the final.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/bowls/47022265|title=World Indoor Bowls: Stewart Anderson wins second title|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/sport/world-indoor-bowls-championship-1-5868135|title=Anderson claims second World Indoor title after beating Skelton in tie-break|publisher=Great Yarmouth Mercury}}</ref> In November 2022, he finished runner-up in the [[World Bowls Tour Events#Scottish International Open|Scottish International Open]], losing in the final to Stewart Anderson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/other-sports/anderson-claims-scottish-international-open-28405843 |title=Anderson claims Scottish International Open for the second time |date=4 November 2022 |publisher=Daily Record |access-date=15 January 2023}}</ref>
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