Ernie Parkinson

Ernie Parkinson

Personal information
Nationality	British (Northern Irish)
Sport
Sport	Lawn and indoor bowls
Club	Belmont Bowling Club
Medal record Representing   Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games 1986 Edinburgh fours Representing combined Ireland British Isles Championships 1990 triples

Ernie Parkinson is a former international lawn bowler from Northern Ireland who competed at the Commonwealth Games. ^[1]

Biography

Parkinson represented the Northern Irish team ^[2] at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, ^[3] where he competed in the fours event, with Billie Montgomery, Willie Watson and Roy McCune and won a bronze medal. ^{[4] [5]}

Four years later he represented Northern Ireland in the pairs at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. ^{[6] [7]}

He plays for the Belmont Bowling Club which he joined from the Ormeau Bowls Club. ^[8]

References

1. "Profile". Bowls tawa.
2. "The Team" . Belfast News-Letter. 17 June 1986. p. 27. Retrieved 6 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Northern Ireland Edinburgh 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
4. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
5. Newby, Donald (1988). The Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook. Telegraph Publications. ISBN   0-86367-220-5.
6. "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
7. "Irish bowlers will put in strong challenge" . Aberdeen Evening Express. 3 July 1996. p. 44. Retrieved 8 April 2021– via The British Newspaper Archive.
8. "History". Northern Ireland Bowling Association.