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| 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
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Alex Lightbody (born 1966) is an international lawn bowler, who has represented Ireland (combined) and Northern Ireland at international level.
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]
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]
Lightbody has a Professional Bowls Association European ranking of 96 in 2021. [8]
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