John Higgins (bowls)

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John Stewart Higgins
Personal information
Nickname(s)Higgy
NationalityNorthern Irish
Born(1940-09-09)9 September 1940
Belfast
Died2 May 2012(2012-05-02) (aged 71)
Belfast
OccupationGreen keeper
EmployerCave Hill BC / Salisbury BC
Sport
SportLawn bowls
LeagueN. I. B. A
ClubYork Road Civil Defence BC
Medal record
Representing Four Provinces Flag.svg combined Ireland
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Johannesburg triples
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Edinburgh fours
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 1978 triples

John Stewart Higgins (1940–2012) was an Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

Bowls career[]

He started bowling aged 15[2] and won a bronze medal in the triples at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg.[3] He also won a bronze medal in fours at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.[4]

He won the 1969 Irish National Bowls Championships singles.[5][6]

Higgins plied his trade with YRCD bowling club through all of his career. Since his death the CD Hall as it is known has been renovated and also incorporates the HUBB Community Resource Centre, where a mural proudly stands of John playing bowls for his club.

References[]

  1. ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. ^ Bell, Harry E (1976). 3rd World Bowls Championship, South Africa 1976. J.G.Ince & Son Ltd.
  3. ^ Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  4. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Bowls". GBR Athletics.
  5. ^ "IBA Singles winners". Irish Bowls Association.
  6. ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
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