Natalie Melmore


Natalie Melmore married name Natalie Chestney is a lawn bowler from Newton Abbot.

Bowls career

Natalie represented England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games where she won a gold medal in the women's singles event.
Natalie went on to win a further two silver medals in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the women's singles and women's pairs events with partner Jamie-Lea Winch.
In 2016 she secured a fourth and fifth National title win and in 2018 was part of the fours that won the National Championships. After her 2014 singles success she subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 2015.
She was selected as part of the English team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland.

Personal life

In 2015, she married Jamie Chestney.