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)
Medal record
Representing  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games
2010 Delhisingles
Representing Combined Ireland
World Bowls Championship
2016 Christchurch pairs
World Cup Singles
2019 Warilla singles

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.

gollark: ++delete the antihaskell rap of the evil <@319753218592866315>
gollark: ~play haskell tutorial
gollark: ~play "LyricLy" "Haskell"
gollark: Yay, my stalling tactic worked perfectly.
gollark: You realise we are not actually on the same continent?

References
  1. "Gary Kelly". Henselite bowls.
  2. "Commonwealth Games: Bowler Gary Kelly claims bronze after late heartache". Belfast Telegraph.
  3. "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
  4. "Commonwealth Games 2018: Northern Ireland name 88-strong squad". BBC Sport.
  5. "Ireland Team for World Bowls 2020". Irish Bowling Association.
  6. "IBA Singles winners". Irish Bowls Association.
  7. "World Cup indoor singles – Day 9". Bowls International.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.