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| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Belmont BC (outdoor) Belfast (indoor) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 37 (August 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stuart Bennett (born in Northern Ireland) is a combined Irish international lawn and indoor bowler. [1]
In 2012, Bennett became a National champion after winning the fours at the Irish National Bowls Championships bowling for the Belmont Bowls Club. [2] In 2015, he won a bronze medal at the European Bowls Championships in Israel. [3] In 2019, he was in the Irish team that won the Home International Bowls Championships. [4]
He was due to make his debut at the World Championships during the 2021 World Indoor Bowls Championship competing in the singles and pairs but the event was cancelled. [5] He did gain consolation however by winning a second National fours title in September 2021. [6] [7] In 2022, he won fours bronze at the European Championships. [8]
In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent Ireland at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. [9] He participated in the men's triples and the men's fours events. [10] [11] In the triples with Ian McClure and Martin McHugh, he won the bronze medal. One week later he won a second bronze medal in the fours partnering McHugh, McClure and Adam McKeown. The team won their group but lost to Australia in the semi final.
He is a civil servant by trade.
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