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| Nationality | Northern Irish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 April 1962 Coalisland, Northern Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ballymena BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Barbara Mary Cameron BEM (born 16 April 1962) is a Northern Irish international lawn bowler and bowls coach.
In 1993, she won the pairs gold medal with Phillis Nolan at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships. [1] [2] Two years later she won the pairs bronze medal at the Atlantic Championships. [3] [4]
She competed for Northern Ireland in the women's pairs event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games [5] [6] where she won a bronze medal. [7]
In 2001, Cameron won the singles crown at the Irish National Bowls Championships, bowling for Ballymena BC. In 2022, she won the triples title. [8]
Cameron was selected as a coach for the Northern Ireland team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland. [9]
Cameron was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to lawn bowls in Northern Ireland. [10]
