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| Nationality | British (Scottish / Jersey) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 June 1976 Glasgow, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | St Brelade BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Thomas Greechan (born 19 June 1976) is a Scottish born international lawn bowls player from Jersey. He became the British singles champion after winning the British Isles Bowls Championships in 2016. [1] [2]
Greechan has competed for Jersey at two World Bowls Championships in 2000 and 2012.
He has represented Jersey at two Commonwealth Games; at the 2002 and the 2014 Commonwealth Games. [3] [4] [5]
In addition to his British Isles Championship success he won the Jersey's first World Singles Champion of Champions in 2011, in Hong Kong. He beat Jonathan Ross of Scotland in a tie-break set 5–0, despite dropping the first set. [6]
Greechan also medalled at the 2007 Atlantic Bowls Championships, with silver in the men's fours event. [7] [8] Jersey's bowls team, which finished second in the overall combined medal table at the Games, narrowly missed out on 2008 Channel Islands' Team of the Year to Jersey's cricketers. [9] [10]
In April 2015, Greechan won the IIBC Championships Mixed Pairs world title with his 14-year-old daughter, Chloe. [11] [12]
In 2012, Thomas Greechan was voted Channel Islands' Sports Personality of the Year and won Sports Person of the Year in Jersey. [13] [14] He has also been selected as Jersey's men's outdoor Bowler of the Year twice, in 2005, and 2006. [15]
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.
Paul James Foster is a multiple world bowls champion who lives in Troon, Scotland. He plays at Troon Portland (Outdoor) & Ambassador Prestwick (Indoor) bowling clubs.
Darren William Burnett is a Scottish lawn bowler and indoor bowler.
Nick Brett is an English lawn and indoor bowler.
The European Bowls Championship formerly the European Bowls Team Championships is a biennial continental lawn bowls tournament for European nations. From its inauguration in 1997 until September 2021, the tournament was organised by the European Bowls Union (EBU).
Jason John Greenslade is a Welsh international indoor and lawn bowler. After moving to Guernsey in 2022 he later represented them in competition.
This page is about the IIBC Championships. For the World Bowls Tour, see World Indoor Bowls Championships.
The Greechans are a family of bowls players from Jersey. Both Lindsey Greechan and Thomas Greechan, compete both indoor and outdoor, as does their daughter Chloe Greechan and son Taylor Greechan. Thomas, Lindsey and Helen are all British champions while Thomas, Lindsey and Chloe have all won the IIBC Championships on at least one occasion each. Lindsey, Thomas and Helen have also represented Jersey at the Commonwealth Games.
Louis Ridout is an English international indoor and outdoor bowls player.
Graham Robertson is a former Scottish international indoor and lawn bowler. He is the second most capped Scottish international of all time. He was inducted into the Scottish Indoor Bowling Hall of Fame in 2016 and is a former national coach.
Christine Anne Grimes is an international lawn and indoor bowler representing Jersey.
The British Isles Bowls Championships is a tournament held between the champions of their respective nations, from England, Scotland, Wales, a combined Ireland, and more recently Guernsey and Jersey. It was first held in 1960 although the triples event did not start until 1977.
Lindsey Greechan is an international lawn bowls player from Jersey. She became the British singles champion after winning the British Isles Bowls Championships in 2008.
Greg Davis is an international lawn bowler from Jersey.
Cyril Renouf is an international lawn bowler from Jersey.
Scott Ruderham is an international lawn bowler from Jersey.
Alison Camacho née Alison Birch is a Jersey international lawn and indoor bowler.
Francis Alan Shaw is a former international lawn bowler from Jersey.
David Le Marquand is a former Jersey international lawn bowler.
Chloe May Greechan is a sportswoman from Jersey. She plays for the Jersey women's cricket team, for which she has been captain since 2020, and is the first woman from the island to take a five-wicket haul in WT20Is. Greechan is also a former world champion in indoor bowls.
