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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.
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]
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.
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 ...
In 2019, he won the fours bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships [5] and in 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [6] [1] In 2022, he won a triples gold at the European Bowls Championships. [7]
Just one month later he won his first national title when winning the open singles at the Irish National Bowls Championships. [7] In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent Ireland at the sport's blue riband event, the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. [8] He participated in the men's pairs and the men's fours events.
He also won the 1994 and 2019 Irish National Bowls Championships singles title. [5] [6] [7] In 2022, he won his fifth national title when winning the triples at the Irish National Bowls Championships. [8] In 2023, he won the triples title, with Derek Smith & Ian McClure at the British Isles Bowls Championships, held in Ayr. [9]