Jonny Ross

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Jonathan Ross
Personal information
NationalityNorthern Irish
Born (1973-12-28) 28 December 1973 (age 49)
Sport
Club(indoor) West of Scotland
(outdoor) Priorscroft

Jonathan Stewart Ross is a Northern Irish bowler who was born in Lisburn. [1] He now represents Scotland after moving there. [2]

Bowls career

He was part of the winning Irish Fours team in the 2004 World Bowls Championships held in Ayr, Scotland with Jim Baker, Neil Booth and Noel Graham. [3]

He also won the British Isles Singles titles in 2001 and 2002 [4] and was the first Irish player to win the Scottish outdoors singles title. [5]

Jonathan partnered Noel Graham to win the prestigious Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs title on a record equalling three occasions. [6]

In 2006, he represented Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia.

He won the 2010 singles title at the Scottish National Bowls Championships bowling for the Priorscroft Bowls Club. [7]

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References

  1. "Jonathan Ross". Taylor Bowls. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016.
  2. "Jonathan Ross". World Bowls Tour.
  3. ""Ireland success." Times [London, England] 7 Aug. 2004". The Times Digital Archive.
  4. World Bowls Tour players - Jonathan Ross
  5. Bowls: Luck of the draw runs out for Jonathan Ross
  6. "HongKong Classic Pairs Winners". HKLBA.
  7. "Previous Winners". Bowls Scotland. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.