Catherine Beattie (bowls)

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Catherine Beattie
Personal information
NationalityNorthern Irish
Born (1981-07-11) 11 July 1981 (age 40)
Armagh, Northern Ireland
Sport
SportLawn & indoor bowls
ClubCounty Antrim (indoors)
Larne BC (outdoors)
Medal record
Representing Four Provinces Flag.svg combined Ireland
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Paphos singles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Paphos singles

Catherine Beattie (née McMillen, born 1981) is a Northern Irish international lawn & indoor bowler.[1]

Bowls career[]

Beattie represented a combined Ireland under her maiden name of Catherine McMillen and won the singles gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[2] She also represented Northern Ireland during the 2014 Commonwealth Games before she was married.[3] McMillen lost in the bronze medal play off in the singles at the 2014 Commonwealth Games to Colleen Piketh. In 2015 she won the singles gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[4]

She was selected as part of the Northern Ireland team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland.[5]

In 2020 she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Catherine McMillen profile". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. ^ "2011 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  3. ^ "2015 Atlantic Championships – Day 14". World Bowls.com.
  4. ^ "2015 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Commonwealth Games 2018: Northern Ireland name 88-strong squad". BBC Sport.
  6. ^ "World Bowls 2020 – Meet the Ireland Team". Irish Bowls Federation.
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