Gary Kelly (bowls)

Gary Kelly (born 10 May 1989) is a Northern Irish international indoor and lawn bowler.[1]

Gary Kelly
Personal information
Nationality Northern Ireland
Born (1989-05-10) 10 May 1989
Ballymoney, Northern Ireland
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubBallybrakes Community (indoors)
Ballymoney BC (outdoors)

Bowls career

Outdoors

He won a bronze medal in the Men's singles at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[2]

He won a silver medal for a combined Irish team with bowls pairs partner Ian McClure in the pairs at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[3]

In 2018 he was selected as part of the Northern Ireland team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland[4] and in 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[5]

In addition to his international successes he also won the 2007 Irish National Bowls Championships singles.[6]

Indoors

His first major success indoors came in 2019 after he defeated Brendan Aquilina in the final of the World Cup Singles.[7]

He was part of the winning trio that won the inaugural Ultimate Bowls Championship in April 2019 winning $60,000 AUD in prize money.

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References

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