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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. With the exception of the Commonwealth Games, players continue to represent a combined Ireland team at all major international championships. [1]
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.
He represented Northern Ireland at the 1982 Commonwealth Games and 1990 Commonwealth Games and the combined Irish team at the World Bowls Championships. He earned 108 caps for Ireland playing indoors. He was a former Chairperson of the Professional Bowls Association [5] and was a Director for World Bowls from 2002-2006.
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 ...
Craig won the Irish National Bowls Championships singles in 1998 [2] and subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1999. [3] He also won the 1989 Irish triples title. In 2007 he won the pairs silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. [4] [5]
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]
1969: Super Bowl III. Average Ticket Price: $12 Inflation Adjusted: $95 Attendance: 75,389 Interestingly, this was one of the only two Super Bowls held in the same stadium in back-to-back years.
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.