Davy Hamilton

Davy Hamilton

Personal information
Nationality	British (Northern Irish)
Sport
Sport	Lawn and indoor bowls
Club	Belmont BC
Medal record Representing combined Ireland British Isles Championships 1997 triples Representing   Northern Ireland Irish Nationals 1996 triples 2003 fours

Davy Hamilton is a former international lawn bowler from Northern Ireland who competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Hamilton was a member of the Belmont Bowls Club ^[1] and represented the combined Ireland team at international level. ^[2] Indoors, Hamilton skipped the Belmont four that won the 1984 national championships and subsequently represented Ireland at the 1985 British Isles Bowls Championships. ^[3]

Hamilton represented the Northern Irish team at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, ^[4] where he competed in the pairs event with Rodney McCutcheon. ^[5]

In July 1988 he reached the final of both the singles and pairs at the City of Belfast championships ^[6] and in September 1988 won both the singles and pairs at the Ballymena BC Championships. ^[7]

He was the champion of Ireland two times at the Irish National Bowls Championships, ^[8] winning the triples in 1996 and the fours in 2003 ^[9] and subsequently qualified to represent Ireland at the British Isles Bowls Championships, where they won the triples title in 1997. ^[10]

References

1. "Foundation" . Ballymena Weekly Telegraph. 16 May 1990. p. 46. Retrieved 6 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "H/Kong trip" . Ireland's Saturday Night. 22 June 1985. p. 11. Retrieved 6 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Top Class Games AT Dundee" . Belfast News-Letter. 24 January 1985. p. 32. Retrieved 6 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Northern Ireland Edinburgh 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
5. Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN   0-85112-414-3.
6. "Hamilton Looking Ready To Make Bowling history" . Ireland's Saturday Night. 23 July 1988. p. 2. Retrieved 6 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Double delight for Davy in bowling finals" . Ballymena Weekly Telegraph. 14 September 1988. p. 37. Retrieved 6 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
8. Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 46–47. ISBN   0-85112-414-3.
9. "Previous Winners". Irish Bowling Association. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
10. "History". British Isles Council. Retrieved 6 January 2026.