Noel Graham (bowls)

Noel Graham

Personal information
Nationality	British (Northern Irish)
Born	(1968-11-02) 2 November 1968 (age 57)
Sport
Sport	Lawn and indoor bowls
Club	Lisnagarvey BC
Medal record Representing Ireland World Outdoor Championships 2004 Ayr fours 2004 Ayr pairs 2004 Ayr team British Isles Championships 1996 singles 1999 triples Representing   Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games 1994 Victoria fours 2002 Manchester fours

Noel Henry Graham (born 2 November 1968) is a former international lawn and indoor bowler from Northern Ireland. ^[1]

Biography

Graham (born 1968) won a bronze medal in the fours at 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria ^{[2] [3]} and repeated the feat eight years later at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. ^{[4] [5]}

In the World Championships he won gold medal in the fours with Jonathan Ross, Neil Booth and Jim Baker ^[6] and a silver medal with Jim Baker in the pairs during the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. ^[7]

In 1995, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic singles title, in addition to winning three pairs titles in 1999, 2000 and 2005. ^{[8] [9]} He won the 1995 Irish National Bowls Championships singles ^[10] and subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1996. ^[11]

Graham retired from international competition in 2014. ^[12]

References

1. "profile". Bowls Tawa. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
2. "Who's going to the Games?" . Ireland's Saturday Night. 4 June 1994. p. 16. Retrieved 9 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "The best ever, says McColgan" . Belfast News-Letter. 14 June 1994. p. 39. Retrieved 9 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Noel Graham profile". Commonwealth Games Federation.
5. "Commonwealth Games call up for Ballyclare teacher" . Newtownabbey Times and East Antrim Times. 31 January 2002. Retrieved 20 November 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. ""Ireland success." Times [London, England] 7 Aug. 2004". The Times .
7. "Irish pair lose final". BBC Sport. 30 July 2004. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
8. "HK Classic winners Men Singles". HKLBA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
9. "HK Classic winners Men Pairs". HKLBA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
10. "IBA Singles winners". Irish Bowls Association.
11. "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council. 30 July 2013.
12. "Irish international duo Noel Graham and Neil Booth finally call it a day". News Letter.