Jimmy Dennison

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Jimmy Dennison
Personal information
NationalityNorthern Irish
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubBanbridge BC
Medal record
Representing Four Provinces Flag.svg combined Ireland
British Isles Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1968fours
Representing Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
Irish Nationals
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1967fours

James "Jimmy" Dennison is a former international lawn bowler from Northern Ireland who competed at the Commonwealth Games. [1]

Biography

Dennison was a member of the Banbridge Bowls Club [2] and made his international debut in 1959. [3]

In 1967 he was part of the four that won the Irish National Bowls Championships [4] [5] and subsequently qualified to represent Ireland at the British Isles Bowls Championships, where they won the triples title. [6]

He represented Ireland at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in the triples and fours. [7]

Dennison represented the Northern Irish team at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, [8] where he competed in the fours event, with Gerry Sloan, Jim Craig and Jimmy Donnelly. [9]

Dennison earned his 50th cap in 1976 [10] and went on to earn 60 caps in total. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Northern Ireland Christchurch 1974". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  2. ↑ "Jimmy Dennison - one of Banbridges's top skips" . Belfast Telegraph. 24 August 1973. p. 26. Retrieved 2 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Congratulations to Jimmy Dennison" . Banbridge Chronicle. 5 June 1959. p. 1. Retrieved 2 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. pp. 139–141. ISBN   0-7091-3658-7.
  5. ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 46–47. ISBN   0-85112-414-3.
  6. ↑ "History". British Isles Council. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS" (PDF). Bowls USA.
  8. ↑ "Christchurch contenders" . Belfast Telegraph. 6 October 1973. p. 14. Retrieved 2 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN   0-85112-414-3.
  10. ↑ "Jimmy Dennison's 50th cap" . Banbridge Chronicle. 16 January 1976. p. 10. Retrieved 2 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ↑ "History". Northern Ireland Bowls Association. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
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