Eileen Bell (bowls)

Eileen Bell

Personal information
Nationality	British (Northern Irish)
Born	1936 (age 89–90) Ballynahinch, Northern Ireland
Sport
Sport	Lawn and indoor bowls
Club	Ballynahinch BC Belfast BC/Shaws Bridge BC
Medal record Representing Ireland World Outdoor Championships 1981 Toronto pairs 1988 Auckland team British Isles Championships 1974 singles 1983 singles 1986 singles 1988 triples 1985 fours 1986 fours

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

Biography

Bell started bowling in the 1960s 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 represented the Northern Irish team ^[2] at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia, ^[3] where she competed in the triples event, ^[4] with Nan Allely and Daisy Fraser. ^[5]

Bell represented the Northern Irish team again ^[6] at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she competed in the singles event. ^[7]

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. ^{[8] [9]}

References

1. "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
2. "Agression key to medal trail" . Ireland's Saturday Night. 25 September 1982. p. 5. Retrieved 4 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Northern Ireland Brisbane 1982". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
4. "Ursula Jumps For Joy" . Belfast Telegraph. 6 July 1982. p. 18. Retrieved 4 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN   0-85112-414-3.
6. "The Team" . Belfast News-Letter. 17 June 1986. p. 27. Retrieved 6 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Northern Ireland Edinburgh 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
8. Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN   0-86367-220-5.
9. "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2020.