Eileen Bell (bowls)

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Eileen Bell
Personal information
Born1936 (age 87–88)
Ballynahinch, Northern Ireland
Sport
ClubBelfast BC/Shaws Bridge BC
Medal record
Representing Four Provinces Flag.svg Ireland
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1981 Toronto pairs
British Isles Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1974singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1983singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1986singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1988triples
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1985fours
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1986fours

Eileen Bell (born 1936) [1] is a former Irish lawn and indoor bowler.

Bowls career

Bell started bowling in the sixties in her home town of Ballynahinch, Northern Ireland. Bell won the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship pairs Gold in Toronto when partnering Nan Allely. She bowled for the Belfast BC (outdoors) and Shaws Bridge (indoors).

Bell is the winner of nine Irish National Bowls Championships and has been three times British Isles Bowls Championships singles title holder (1974, 1983 & 1986), a record only bettered by fellow Irish bowler Margaret Johnston. In addition she has also won a triples and fours title. [2] [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  2. ↑ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN   0-86367-220-5.
  3. ↑ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
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