Graham Skellern

EVENT: Lawn Bowls: Para B6-B8 Men's Pair

Graham competed in his first Commonwealth Games, in Birmingham in the para men’s B6-B8 pairs with Mark Noble.

Skellern has been a strong bowler for many years and is coached by Gayle Melrose.

He lives in the Bay of Plenty and travels around the country to play bowls, representing North Harbour.

Known as ‘scribe’ Skellern has also had a successful career in journalism, getting the ‘bowls bug’ after covering bowls at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane.