Alex Lightbody

Alex Lightbody

Personal information
Full name	Alexander Lightbody
Nationality	British
Born	1966 [1] Newtownards, County Down
Years active	1982 - Present
Sport
Sport	Lawn & Indoor bowls
Club	Outdoors - Castle BC, Bangor BC, Pickie BC Indoors - Belfast IBC
Medal record Representing combined Ireland British Isles Championships 1993 singles Irish National Bowls Championships 1992 singles

Alex Lightbody (born 1966) is an international lawn bowler, who has represented Ireland (combined) and Northern Ireland at international level.

Bowls career

Lightbody won the Irish National Bowls Championships singles in 1992. ^[2] Trailing in the final against Gary McCloy 14–9, he came back to secure a 21–15 victory. In doing so he became the first Bangor bowler since Billy Tate to win the title. ^{[3] [ failed verification ]}

The 1992 Irish title qualified him for the 1993 British Isles Bowls Championships and he subsequently won the singles held in Worthing ^[4] becoming the first Irish winner since David Corkill in 1980. ^[5]

Other titles

• Northern Ireland Bowls Association (NIBA) singles title: 1992 ^[6]
• Northern Ireland Bowls Association (NIBA) fours title: 1983 ^[7]

European ranking

Lightbody has a Professional Bowls Association European ranking of 96 in 2021. ^[8]

References

1. ""Lightbody claims singles title." Times, 7 July 1993, p. 36". Times Digital Archives.
2. "IBA Singles winners". Irish Bowling Association.
3. "Lightbody ends Bangor famine" . Sunday Life. 6 September 1992. p. 63. Retrieved 31 August 2021– via The British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
5. "'Lightbody claims singles title'" . The Times. 7 July 1993. p. 36. Retrieved 21 April 2021– via The Times Digital Archive.
6. "Past Winners – Open Singles". NIBA. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
7. "Past-Winners-Fours". NIBA. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
8. "european-ranking-list". Professional Bowls Association. Retrieved 5 September 2021.