Gary McCloy
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Northern Irish)
Born (1969-05-28) 28 May 1969 (age 54)
Sport
ClubPortrush
Medal record
Lawn bowls
Representing combined Ireland
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Johannesburg Fours
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Ayr pairs
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Portugal pairs
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 triples
Representing  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Kuala Lumpur Fours
Irish Nationals
Gold medal – first place 1990 triples
Gold medal – first place 1994 singles
Gold medal – first place 2002 triples
Gold medal – first place 2019 singles
Gold medal – first place 2022 triples

Gary Samuel McCloy (born 28 May 1969) is an Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

Bowls career

He won a bronze medal in the fours at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg.

He was also part of the fours team that secured the gold medal for Northern Ireland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the other members were Ian McClure, Martin McHugh and Neil Booth.[2]

In 2007 he won the pairs silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[3][4]

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]

Personal life

He is married to fellow Irish international bowler Donna McNally and they run the Ballybrakes bowls shop within the Ballybrakes Community Bowls Club.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Profile: Gary McCloy". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  2. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  3. ^ "2007 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Bowls". The Times. 18 July 2007. p. 61. Retrieved 20 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  5. ^ "IBA Singles winners". Irish Bowls Association. Archived from the original on 20 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  6. ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
  7. ^ "Hogg and Wilson back on winners' podium after nine years". Belfast Telegraph. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  8. ^ "2022 IBA Championships". Irish Bowls Association. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  9. ^ "ENGLAND WINNERS TRIUMPH AT BRITISH ISLES CHAMPIONSHIPS". Bowls England. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Ballybrakes Community Bowls Club". Association Ireland Indoor Bowls. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

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