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| Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 January 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Wigton BC (outdoors) Cumbria BC (indoors) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 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, the triples in 1976 and pairs and triples in 1991. [9] He also won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1984. [10] [11]
He bowled for the Wigton Club (outdoors) and the Cumbria Club in Carlisle (indoors). [12] 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] [13]
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.
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.
Amy Gowshall also known as Amy Monkhouse is an English international lawn and indoor bowler.
Jim Baker is a former Northern Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.
Samuel Barnett Allen is a Northern Irish lawn and indoor bowler and was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland on 6 July 1938.
Jeremy Norman Henry is a former Irish and current Australian lawn and indoor bowler born in Northern Ireland.
George Adrain is a former Scottish international lawn bowler.
Margaret Johnson MBE is a former Northern Irish lawn and indoor bowler born on 2 May 1943.
Wynne Richards is a former male international lawn and indoor bowler.
Ian McClure is an indoor and lawn bowler born on 23 August 1973.
Jim Scott is a former New Zealand international lawn and indoor bowls player.
Brian Rattray is a Scottish former international lawn and indoor bowls player.
Kevin Arthur Hugh Campbell is a former South African 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.
Christine Anne Grimes is an international lawn and indoor bowler representing Jersey.
William 'Bill' Crane Irish (1932-1992), was a former England international lawn and indoor bowler.
William Tate (1918-1977) was an Irish international lawn bowler.
