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| Nationality | British (Jersey) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 March 1981 Jersey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | St Brelade BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lindsey Greechan is an international lawn bowls player from Jersey. She became the British singles champion after winning the British Isles Bowls Championships in 2008. [1]
Lindsey Greechan represented Jersey in lawn bowls at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. [2] With Katie Nixon, the pair lost to Northern Ireland in the pairs bronze medal match 15–14. Had they won the match, they would have been Jersey's first medalists at the Commonwealth Games for 24 years. [3] [4]
She became the first bowls player from Jersey to win an IIBC Championships at any level in 2002, when she won the Junior Ladies title.[ citation needed ] She helped Jersey defeat England in a test series for the first time in 2004. [5]
At the Atlantic Bowls Championships in 2007, Lindsey won gold with Jersey in the women's fours event. [6] [7] [8] [9] In 2008, she came away with a bronze medal at the women's World Singles Champion of Champions event. [10] [11]
Lindsey has won Jersey's women's outdoor Bowler of the Year three times, in 2008, 2010, and 2012. [12] Her mother, Gina Le Long, father, Peter Le Long, and brother, Kevin Le Long, have all played or play bowls competitively as well at national and international level for Jersey. [13] [14] [15]
Greechan is part of a successful bowls family that includes her husband Thomas and daughter Chloe.
Natalie Melmore married name Natalie Chestney is a lawn bowler from Newton Abbot.
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.
Sian Honnor is an English international lawn bowler from Whitstable.
Mandy Cunningham is a lawn bowler from Northern Ireland.
Margaret Johnson MBE is a former Northern Irish lawn and indoor bowler born on 2 May 1943.
The European Bowls Championship formerly the European Bowls Team Championships is a biennial continental lawn bowls tournament for European nations. From its inauguration in 1997 until September 2021, the tournament was organised by the European Bowls Union (EBU). Three events were held; Men's Pairs, Ladies Pairs and Mixed Fours, in which gold, silver and bronze medals are awarded. The overall champions are determined based on a points system.
Margaret Elizabeth Letham is a female lawn and indoor bowler. From Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, in Scotland and started bowling at the age of 15.
This page is about the IIBC Championships. For the World Bowls Tour, see World Indoor Bowls Championships.
The Greechans are a family of bowls players from Jersey. Both Lindsey Greechan and Thomas Greechan, wife and husband, compete both indoor and outdoor, as does their daughter Chloe Greechan. Thomas, Lindsey and Helen are all British champions while Thomas, Lindsey and Chloe have all won the IIBC Championships on at least one occasion each. Lindsey, Thomas and Helen have also represented Jersey at the Commonwealth Games.
Lorna Marie-Therese Trigwell married name Lorna Smith is a South African international lawn bowler. She is regarded as one of the leading players in the world after winning multiple medals.
Christine Anne Grimes is an international lawn and indoor bowler representing Jersey.
Gean Pamela O'Neil (1951-2018) was an international lawn and indoor bowler representing Jersey.
Karina Anna Bisson is an international lawn and indoor bowler representing Jersey.
Thomas Greechan is a Scottish born international lawn bowls player from Jersey. He became the British singles champion after winning the British Isles Bowls Championships in 2016.
Cyril Renouf is an international lawn bowler from Jersey.
Scott Ruderham is an international lawn bowler from Jersey.
Matthew Len Le Ber is an international lawn bowler from Guernsey.
Michael Rive is an international lawn bowler representing Jersey.
Francis Alan Shaw is a former international lawn bowler from Jersey.
Gina Doris le Long is a former international lawn bowler from Jersey.
