As part of our series, we profile the future stars of bowls at both international & county level. In this edition, we focus on Harry Mycock of Lincolnshire, who won the National Men’s Fours in 2023 and continued the success by lifting the British Bowls Men’s Fours title this year.
Key stats
AGE: 20
CLUB: Royal Mail Cart BC
COUNTY: Lincolnshire
SOCIAL CHANNELS: Instagram
Success to date
LIST OF ACHIEVEMENTS:
National Titles:
- 2023 – Men’s Fours Champion
- 2023 – Middleton Cup Champion
International Recognition:
- 2024 – British Bowls Men’s Fours Champion
County Titles:
- 2023 – Men’s Fours
- 2023 – Junior Singles
- 2023 – Junior Pairs
- 2022 – Junior Pairs
GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT TO DATE:
Winning the British Bowls Men’s Fours this year.
MOST MEMORABLE MATCH & WHY:
Winning the County semi-final of the Men’s Fours in 2017 to qualify to Leamington the first time with my Dad, Uncle and Grandad.
My Game
FIRST EXPERIENCE:
My grandad taking me to Ayscoughfee Bowls green for my first bowls game when I was nine years old.
FAVOURITE DISCIPLINE:
Fours
STRENGTHS:
The draw
BEST FRIENDS IN BOWLS:
Martin Spencer, Steve Hill and Dominic McVittie who I won the Fours with.
The Future
ASPIRATIONS:
To get into the England Junior team.
ONE THING YOU’D SAY TO GET SOMEONE TO TRY BOWLS:
It’s a social sport for everyone, go and give it a try.
If you know a young player in your club or county who we should feature on a future Bowls NxGen, please email daniel.ellicott@bowlsengland.com.