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| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | c.1967 [1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Lawn and indoor bowls | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Magherafelt BC Portrush BC | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jackie Smyth (born c.1967), is a former international lawn bowler from Northern Ireland who competed at the Commonwealth Games.
Smyth started bowling at the age of 13 and was a member of the Magherafelt Bowls Club. [2] In 1994 he became the club president; his profession at the time was a sales manager with Sperrin Metals. [3] Smyth won three Irish U25 titles in 1986, 1987 and 1991 and the British U25 singles in 1992. [1]
Smyth represented the Northern Irish team [4] [5] at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada, where he competed in the singles event. [6]
He was the triples champion of Ireland at the 1992 Irish National Bowls Championships [7] and subsequently qualified to represent Ireland at the British Isles Bowls Championships, winning the triples title in 1993 with Eric Sands and his father Willie Smyth. [8]
As of 2025 he was bowling for the Portrush Bowling Club and won his third Irish Senior Cup. [9]
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