Sammy Allen

Sammy Allen

Personal information
Nationality	Northern Irish
Born	(1938-07-06) 6 July 1938 (age 87) Belfast, Northern Ireland
Sport
Sport	Bowls
Club	Ballymena BC
Medal record Representing   Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games 1982 Brisbane Men's fours 1990 Auckland Men's fours 1994 Victoria Men's pairs Representing combined Ireland World Outdoor Championships 1984 Aberdeen Men's triples 1988 Auckland Men's fours 1992 Worthing Men's pairs 1996 Adelaide Men's pairs British Isles Championships 1980 singles

Samuel Barnett Allen is a Northern Irish lawn and indoor bowler and was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland on 6 July 1938.

Bowls career

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.

He won a silver with Northern Ireland at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. ^[2]

Allen still plays outdoors for the Ballymena Seniors team and his other achievements include winning the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1980 ^{[3] [4]} and the 1979 Irish National Bowls Championships singles. ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN   0-86367-220-5.
2. "A happy golden return for Wood" . South Wales Daily Post. 2 February 1990. Retrieved 16 September 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
4. "Seniors eye more Irish Cup success". Ballymena Times.
5. "IBA Singles winners". Irish Bowls Association.
6. Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN   0-85112-414-3.