Neil Speirs

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Neil Speirs
Personal information
NationalityScottish
Born (1979-01-18) 18 January 1979 (age 43)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
SportLawn bowls
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
Men's lawn bowls
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow Men's fours
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Paphos triples
Silver medal – second place 2015 Paphos fours

Neil Speirs (born 18 January 1979) is a Scottish international lawn bowler.[1][2]

Bowls career[]

He competed for Scotland in the men's fours at the 2014 Commonwealth Games[3] where he won a gold medal.[4]

He had won the gold medal at the 2006 World Cup Singles in Warilla, New South Wales, Australia[5] and in 2015 he won the triples gold medal and fours silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Meikle, Stewart (10 January 2014). "Neil Speirs spearheads Lothians bid for indoor bowls glory". Edinburgh Evening News. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  2. ^ Meikle, Stewart (23 April 2014). "Singles success for Neil Speirs". Edinburgh Evening News. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Kirkliston's Neil Spiers set for Commonwealth Games after title victory". Linlithgow Gazette. 27 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Past results". The Telegraph.
  6. ^ "2015 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.


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