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| Nationality | Northern Irish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 February 1976 Northern Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Belmont BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 31 (June 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Simon Matthew Martin (born 1976) is a Northern Irish international lawn bowler. [1]
Martin was selected for the combined Irish team that competed in the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. He was part of the fours team with Martin McHugh, Neil Mulholland and Ian McClure that won a bronze medal in Christchurch. [2]
Two years later, he was selected as part of the Northern Ireland team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland. [3]
Martin is a four times National champion after winning events at the Irish National Bowls Championships, which included the singles in 2021. [4] [5]
He also won the fours gold in 2016, 2019 and 2022. [6] [7]
In 2023, he won the fours title, with Ryan Cavan, Nigel Beggs & Paul Daly at the British Isles Bowls Championships, held in Ayr. [8] He followed this up in September 2023, when he won his 5th and 6th national titles; the pairs (with Paul Daly) and the triples (with Daly and Mark McPeak).
Martin won double gold in the pairs and fours at the 2024 European Bowls Championships. [9]
Samuel Barnett Allen is a Northern Irish lawn and indoor bowler and was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland on 6 July 1938.
Margaret Johnson MBE is a former Northern Irish lawn and indoor bowler.
Laura Daniels is a Welsh lawn and indoor bowler.
David Corkill is a former international lawn and indoor bowler and current sports commentator.
Ian McClure is an indoor and lawn bowler.
Paul Daly is a Northern Irish international lawn bowler.
Neil Mulholland is a Northern Irish international lawn bowler.
Gary Kelly is an Australian based Northern Irish international indoor and lawn bowler.
Tony Grantham is a New Zealand international lawn and indoor bowler.
Hugh Martin McHugh is a Northern Irish international lawn bowler.
Donna McCloy is a Northern Irish international lawn bowler.
Noel Henry Graham is a Northern Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.
Mark Brian McPeak is an Irish international lawn and indoor bowler born in Northern Ireland.
Gary Samuel McCloy is an Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.
Ross Owen is a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler.
The Irish National Bowls Championships combines Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Traditionally, the game was played mainly in Northern Ireland, but the Kenilworth Bowling Club of Dublin joined the Irish Bowls Association in 1906, which prompted the merger into one team. With the exception of the Commonwealth Games, players continue to represent a combined Ireland team at all major international championships.
Aaron Tennant is a Northern Irish lawn bowler.
Stuart Bennett is a combined Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.
Sam Barkley is a combined Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.
Adam McKeown is a Northern Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.
