A BOWLER from North Yorkshire took home bronze for England at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham.

Chris Turnbull, joined by Alison Yearling, won a bronze medal in the Para Mixed Pairs B2/B3 bowls event, which saw England beat Australia 14-11 at Royal Leamington Spa’s Victoria Park.

This was the 73-year-olds debut Commonwealth Games appearance.

Chris is a retired teacher and has a sight condition called bilateral myopic macular degeneration.

At the age of 30, he was told he had the eye sight of an 80-year-old.

Due to his condition, Chris bowls with the help of his guide dog, James.

During the winter months the duo bowl at Scarborough Indoor Bowls Centre, and in the summer at Thornton Le Dale.

Chris and James are directed by mother and son team Sue Wherry and Mark Wherry, from Cornwall.

Speaking on Facebook, Thornton-le-Dales bowls club said: “Congratulations Chris! All the hard work put in, travelling all over the country, playing every game possible was worth it.”

Scarborough Indoor Bowls Centre wrote on Facebook: “Well done Chris! What a fantastic achievement.”