Bobby Donnelly (bowls)

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Bobby Donnelly
Personal information
NationalitySouth African
Born (1962-09-12) 12 September 1962 (age 60)
Boksburg, South Africa
Sport
Sport Lawn bowls
ClubThe Wanderers BC

Robert 'Bobby' Donnelly (born 12 September 1962) is a South African lawn bowler.

Bowls career

Donnelly secured a silver medal in the fours at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship before competing in the 2002 Commonwealth Games bowls singles after receiving a late call up as an injury replacement. He took a surprise gold medal defeating Jeremy Henry in the final. [1]

In 2009 he won the triples and fours gold medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships [2] [3] and two years later he won the pairs gold medal and singles bronze medal at the 2011 Atlantic Bowls Championships. [4]

He won the 2013 singles at the National Championships bowling for the Wanderers Bowls Club. [5]

A second Commonwealth Games gold came his way in the men's triples at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. [6]

He was selected as part of the South Africa team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland. [7]

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References

  1. "Donnelly edges out Henry". BBC Sport. 4 August 2002.
  2. "2009 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 14 March 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  3. "Bowls" . The Times. 18 May 2009. p. 61. Retrieved 21 May 2021 via The Times Digital Archive.
  4. "2011 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  5. "Newsletters". South Africa Bowls. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  6. "Glasgow 2014 profile". Glasgow 2014 official site.
  7. "Team South Africa for Commonwealth Games announced". The South African. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2018.