Thomas Greechan

Thomas Greechan

Personal information
Nationality	British (Scottish / Jersey)
Born	(1976-06-19) 19 June 1976 (age 49) Glasgow, Scotland
Sport
Sport	Lawn bowls
Club	St Brelade BC
Medal record Representing   Jersey World Singles Champion of Champions 2011 Hong Kong Men's Singles British Isles Bowls Championships 2016 Belmont Men's Singles IIBC Championships 2015 Grainville Mixed Pairs 2008 Swansea Mixed Pairs Atlantic Bowls Championships 2007 Ayr Men's Fours British Isles Championships 2017 singles

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]}

Bowls career

World Championships

Greechan has competed for Jersey at two World Bowls Championships in 2000 and 2012.

Commonwealth Games

He has represented Jersey at two Commonwealth Games; at the 2002 and the 2014 Commonwealth Games. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Other events

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]}

Family and awards

Main article: The Greechans

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]

References

1. "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council. 30 July 2013.
2. "CI Bowls: Double joy for Lowery". Jersey Evening Post. 11 January 2005. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
3. "SPORTS UPDATE: Irvine: We'll just let Mika self-destruct; UPDATE". Free Library. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
4. "Sport Digest". Herald Scotland . 20 September 1999. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
5. "Athletes Biography". Commonwealth Games Federation.
6. "Tommy Greechan wins World Champion of Champions bowls". BBC Sport.
7. "2007 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
8. "Bowls" . The Times. 18 July 2007. p. 61. Retrieved 20 May 2021– via The Times Digital Archive.
9. "Jersey's star duo hope to build on Sharp success". Jersey Evening Post . 24 January 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
10. "Champagne moment for Banahan". Jersey Evening Post . 25 January 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
11. "Jersey teenager crowned youngest ever World Bowls Champion". ITV. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
12. "Bowls: CI bowlers secure world titles". Jersey Evening Post. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
13. "Thomas Greechan named Jersey sports person of the year". BBC. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
14. "Greechan takes top award as Jersey dominate night". Guernsey Press. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
15. "Mens Bowler of the Year Winner". BJA. Retrieved 24 November 2015.