Jim Baker (bowls)

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Jim Baker
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Northern Irish)
Born (1958-02-18) 18 February 1958 (age 67)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Sport
ClubCliftonville BC
Medal record
Representing Four Provinces Flag.svg Ireland
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1984 Aberdeen triples
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1988 Auckland fours
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Ayr fours
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Ayr pairs
Representing Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1984 Coatbridge singles
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1990 Auckland fours
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Manchester fours

Jim Baker is a former Northern Irish international lawn and indoor bowler. [1]

Bowls career

Baker was born in Belfast on 18 February 1958. After finishing runner-up in the 1982 World Indoor Bowls Championship he went one better in 1984 clinching the World Indoor title. [2]

Baker was part of the Gold Medal-winning triples for the combined Irish team in the 1984 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and Gold Medal-winning fours in the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. [3] He won a silver with Northern Ireland at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. [4]

In the 2004 World Championships he won a third gold medal for the combined Irish team, in the fours with Jonathan Ross, Noel Graham and Neil Booth [5] and a silver medal with Noel Graham in the pairs during the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. [6]

In addition Baker won another Commonwealth Games medal at the 2002 Games in Manchester. [7] [8]

At national level he also won the 1989 Irish National Bowls Championships singles. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "profile". Bowls Tawa.
  2. ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls the Records. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN   0-85112-414-3.
  3. ↑ "Ulster Sports Museum". Ulster Sports Museum.
  4. ↑ "A happy golden return for Wood" . South Wales Daily Post. 2 February 1990. Retrieved 16 September 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ ""Ireland success." Times [London, England] 7 Aug. 2004". The Times .
  6. ↑ "Irish pair lose final". BBC Sport. 30 July 2004. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  7. ↑ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  8. ↑ "Commonwealth Games call up for Ballyclare teacher" . Newtownabbey Times and East Antrim Times. 31 January 2002. Retrieved 20 November 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "IBA Singles winners". Irish Bowls Association.
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