Nan Allely

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Nan Allely
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Northern Irish)
Sport
SportLawn and indoor bowls
ClubDonaghadee BC
Medal record
Representing Four Provinces Flag.svg Ireland
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1981 Toronto pairs
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1988 Auckland team
British Isles Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1978pairs

Nan Allely is a former lawn and indoor bowler from Northern Ireland. [1]

Biography

Allely bowled for the Donaghadee Bowls Club outdoors [2] and the Shore Street Presbyterian Club indoors. [3] She was the pairs champion of Ireland with Daisy Fraser in 1977 and 1979 [4] and triples champion in 1980 at the Irish National Bowls Championships [5] [6] and subsequently became the British champion after winning the 1978 pairs at the British Isles Bowls Championships. [7]

Allely won the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship pairs gold in Toronto when partnering Eileen Bell. [8]

Allely represented the Northern Irish team [9] at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia, [10] where she competed in the triples event, [11] with Eileen Bell and Daisy Fraser. [12]

In March 2024, she won a lifetime achievement award at the Ards and North Down Sports Awards ceremony. [13]

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  2. ↑ "Holder starts with win" . Belfast Telegraph. 26 August 1970. p. 18. Retrieved 4 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Drama as Nan snatches title" . Belfast News-Letter. 5 April 1977. p. 12. Retrieved 4 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "BLI Treble" . Belfast Telegraph. 31 August 1979. p. 23. Retrieved 11 April 2021– via The British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 46–47. ISBN   0-85112-414-3.
  6. ↑ "Previous Winners". Irish Bowling Association. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
  8. ↑ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN   0-86367-220-5.
  9. ↑ "Agression key to medal trail" . Ireland's Saturday Night. 25 September 1982. p. 5. Retrieved 4 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "Northern Ireland Brisbane 1982". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  11. ↑ "Ursula Jumps For Joy" . Belfast Telegraph. 6 July 1982. p. 18. Retrieved 4 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN   0-85112-414-3.
  13. ↑ "Ards and North Down Sports Awards: Winners Announced!". Ards and North Down Borough Council. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2026.


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