Martin McHugh (bowls)

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Martin McHugh
Personal information
NationalityNorthern Irish
Born (1973-05-14) 14 May 1973 (age 48)
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubOld Bleach BC
Medal record
Representing Four Provinces Flag.svg Ireland combined
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Johannesburg triples
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Christchurch fours
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Paphos triples
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Paphos fours
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 singles
Gold medal – first place 2005 singles
Gold medal – first place 2016 singles
Gold medal – first place 2007 pairs
Representing  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Kuala Lumpur fours

Hugh Martin McHugh (born 1973) is a Northern Irish international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career[]

World Championships[]

McHugh has competed in four World Bowls Championships in 2000, 2008, 2012 and 2016. He won a triples bronze medal in the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and in 2016, was part of the combined Irish fours team with Simon Martin, Neil Mulholland and Ian McClure that won a bronze medal in Christchurch.[2] In 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[3]

Commonwealth Games[]

McHugh has also competed in six Commonwealth Games in 1998 and 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018. He won a fours gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

McHugh was selected for his sixth Games as part of the Northern Ireland team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland.[4]

National[]

He has been capped 91 times by Ireland.[1]

He is the winner of fifteen senior titles at the Irish National Bowls Championships.[5] He has won six singles and went undefeated for four years winning in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006, the other two wins came in 2013 and 2015.[6] In addition to the six singles he has won six pairs (five with Barry Browne 2002, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2014) and (one with Sam Barkley 2021),[7] two triples (2016, 2017), two fours (1996 & 2005)[8] and two junior titles.

Other[]

He also has four British Isles Bowls Championships, three singles (2004, 2005 & 2016) and one pairs (1999) with Barry Browne (2007) [9] and also has a record of 35 NIBA championships. In 2015 he won the triples and fours bronze medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Martin McHugh profile" (PDF). World Bowls.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
  3. ^ "Ireland Team for World Bowls 2020". Irish Bowling Association.
  4. ^ "Commonwealth Games 2018: Northern Ireland name 88-strong squad". BBC Sport.
  5. ^ "BOWLS: McHugh claims seventh NIBA Singles title". Carrick Fergus Times.
  6. ^ "IBA Singles winners". Irish Bowls Association.
  7. ^ "IBA Champions". NIPGL. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  8. ^ "CIS Irish Mens Championships". Irish Independent. 7 September 1996. p. 23. Retrieved 8 April 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
  10. ^ "2015 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
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