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| Nationality | Northern Irish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 July 1938 Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Ballymena BC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Samuel Barnett Allen is a Northern Irish lawn and indoor bowler and was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland on 6 July 1938.
Allen has been bowling since 1966 and has skipped a combined Ireland both indoors and outdoors. He won a Fours bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games for Northern Ireland. Allen also won a gold medal for the Triples in the 1984 World Outdoor Championships in Aberdeen and a Fours gold at the 1988 World Outdoor Championships in Auckland. [1] Further success came when he won the 1996 World Outdoor Championships Pairs Gold in Adelaide with Jeremy Henry.
Allen still plays outdoors for the Ballymena Seniors team and his other achievements include winning the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1980 [2] [3] and the 1979 Irish National Bowls Championships singles. [4] [5]
Robert Arthur Weale, is a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowls player. Weale is originally from Presteigne and was educated at John Beddoes School, but now lives in Hereford. In 2022, he was inducted into the Welsh Sports Hall of fame.
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.
Jim Baker is a former Northern Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.
Jeremy Norman Henry is a former Irish and current Australian lawn and indoor bowler born in Northern Ireland.
Margaret Johnson MBE is a former Northern Irish lawn and indoor bowler.
John Nicholson Bell is a former English lawn and indoor bowler, commentator and World Bowls President.
Eileen Bell is a former Irish lawn and indoor bowler born in 1936.
David Corkill is a former international lawn and indoor bowler and current sports commentator born on 15 February 1960.
Mary Price is a female former English international lawn bowler and indoor bowler.
Wynne Richards is a former male international lawn and indoor bowler.
Ian McClure is an indoor and lawn bowler.
Stan Espie is a former Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.
Hugh Martin McHugh is a Northern Irish international lawn bowler.
Noel Henry Graham is a Northern Irish 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.
William 'Bill' Crane Irish (1932-1992), was a former England international lawn and indoor bowler.
Senga McCrone (1934-2020) was a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler.
William Tate (1918–1977) was an Irish international lawn bowler.
Phyllis Derrick is a former international lawn bowls competitor for England.
