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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]
The first Irish National Bowls Championships title came in 1983 and then she went from strength to strength creating an incredible record. [9] She turned back the clock in 2017 when she won the fours title at the Irish National Championships.
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.
In 2009, she won the fours bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships [2] [3] and in 2015 she won the triples gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. [4]She won the 2016 (pairs), 2012 & 2016 (triples) and 2008, 2011 & 2014 fours titles at the Irish National Bowls Championships bowling for the Knock Bowls Club.
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 is the Chairperson of the Professional Bowls Association [5] and was a Director for World Bowls from 2002-2006.