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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 January 1947 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Wigton BC (outdoors) Cumbria BC (indoors) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Nicholson Bell (born 14 January 1947) is a former English lawn and indoor bowler, commentator and World Bowls President. [1] [2] [3]
Bell won his first gold medal as part of the England team that won the team event (Leonard Cup) at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne. [4] Four years later he won another gold at the 1984 World Outdoor Bowls Championships. [5] Following a team gold and double bronze in the triples and fours at the 1988 Auckland Bell won a fourth gold medal in the fours with Andy Thomson, Brett Morley and David Cutler at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. [6]
Bell represented England at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in the fours at the 1994 Commonwealth Games [7] and the fours at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. [8]
Bell made his first appearance in the National Championships at Mortlake in 1966 when he was just 18. He won National Championship titles in the singles in 1983, [9] the triples in 1976 [10] and pairs [11] and triples in 1991. [12] He also won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1984. [13] [14] In 2016, he won the senior pairs title.
He bowled for the Wigton Club (outdoors) and the Cumbria Club in Carlisle (indoors). [15] In the mid-1980s he joined the BBC bowls commentary team. [4]
Bell was the Head of Tourism for Carlisle City Council. [3] He was appointed as the President of World Bowls on 6 December 2012, a position he held until 2021. [2] [3] [16]
William Walker Wood MBE is a former Scottish professional bowls player, who has mainly competed in the outdoor or lawn form of the game. He is regarded as one of the leading bowlers of his generation and his list of achievements include appearing at eight Commonwealth Games and winning two gold medals and eight World Bowls Championship gold medals.
Robert Arthur Weale, is a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowls player. Weale is originally from Presteigne and was educated at John Beddoes School, but now lives in Hereford. In 2022, he was inducted into the Welsh Sports Hall of fame.
Anthony Allcock is an English bowls player. Born in Leicestershire, England, he is considered to be one of the leading bowlers of his generation and was twice world outdoor singles champion and three times World Indoor Singles Champion.
David John Bryant was a three-times World (outdoors) singles bowls champion, a three-times World indoors singles champion and a four times Commonwealth Games singles gold medallist. He is generally considered to be the greatest bowler of all time, winning 19 World and Commonwealth gold medals in total.
Ellen Marie Falkner is an English international lawn and indoor bowler from Cambridge, England. Falkner was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to lawn bowls.
Sophie Tolchard is an English international lawn bowler.
Samuel Barnett Allen is a Northern Irish lawn and indoor bowler and was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland on 6 July 1938.
Margaret Johnson MBE is a former Northern Irish lawn and indoor bowler.
Wynne Richards is a former international lawn and indoor bowler who has represented England.
Ian McClure is an indoor and lawn bowler.
Louis Ridout is an English international indoor and outdoor bowls player.
Julian Roy Haines (1944–2017) was an English international lawn and indoor bowler.
Hugh Martin McHugh is a Northern Irish international lawn bowler.
Jean Baker is a former English international lawn and indoor bowler.
Elizabeth 'Betty' Mary Morgan MBE is a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler. She was appointed an MBE in 2005.
Brett Morley is an England international lawn and indoor bowler.
William 'Bill' Crane Irish, was an England international lawn and indoor bowler.
Gary Samuel McCloy is an Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.
Greg Davis is an international lawn bowler from Jersey.
Malcolm De Sousa is an international lawn bowler from Jersey.
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