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The Irish National Bowls Championships combines Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Traditionally, the game was played mainly in Northern Ireland, but the Kenilworth Bowling Club of Dublin joined the Irish Bowls Association in 1906, which prompted the merger into one team.
The Irish National Bowls Championships were inaugurated in 1908. [5] [6] The Irish Women's Bowling Association was formed in 1947 and as of 2024, Ireland was the only country from the leading bowls nations still to have separate associations for men and women.
Bell is the winner of nine Irish National Bowls Championships and has been three times British Isles Bowls Championships singles title holder (1974, 1983 & 1986), a record only bettered by fellow Irish bowler Margaret Johnston. In addition she has also won a triples and fours title. [2] [3]
Daly is an eight times Irish National Bowls Championships winner, including winning the singles title in 2011, bowling for Ulster Transport Bowls Club. [3]His first title came in 1993 in the fours for Belmont BC and followed this up in 1996 when winning the triples in 1996, again for Belmont.
She turned back the clock in 2017 when she won the fours title at the Irish National Championships. [ 10 ] Johnston also holds the record number for women's singles titles at the British Isles Bowls Championships , winning four in 1985, 1996, 1997 & 1999.
McClure is a two time singles winner of the Irish National Bowls Championships (2008 & 2012) [12] and subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 2013. [13] [14] In 2022, just one month after winning Commonwealth Games gold he won his sixth national title when winning the triples at the Irish National Bowls ...
Wilson is a three time National Champion, winning a singles and two pairs titles at the Irish National Bowls Championships. [1] [3] In 2017, he won three medals at the European Bowls Championships, he had previously won a bronze in 2013 at the Championships.
McHugh competed in five successive World Bowls Championships in 2000, 2008, 2012 and 2016 and 2023. He won a triples bronze medal in the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and in 2016, was part of the combined Irish fours team with Simon Martin, Neil Mulholland and Ian McClure that won a bronze medal in Christchurch. [2]