Gary McCloy

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Gary McCloy
Personal information
NationalityNorthern Irish
Born (1969-05-28) 28 May 1969 (age 52)
Sport
ClubPortrush
Medal record
Lawn bowls
Representing Four Provinces Flag.svg combined Ireland
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Johannesburg Fours
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Ayr pairs
Representing  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Kuala Lumpur Fours

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]

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.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Profile: Gary McCloy". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 2016-05-31. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
  2. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics. Archived from the original on 2018-10-04. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
  3. ^ "2007 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 2010-11-25. 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 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
  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 2019-10-14. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  8. ^ "Ballybrakes Community Bowls Club". Association Ireland Indoor Bowls. Archived from the original on 2018-01-27. Retrieved 2018-01-26.

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