Barbara Cameron (bowls)
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| Nationality | Northern Irish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 April 1962 Coalisland, Northern Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ballymena BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Barbara Mary Cameron BEM (born 16 April 1962) is a Northern Irish international lawn bowler and bowls coach.
Bowls career
[edit]International
[edit]In 1993, she won the pairs gold medal with Phillis Nolan at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships.[1][2] Two years later she won the pairs bronze medal at the Atlantic Championships.[3][4]
She competed for Northern Ireland in the women's pairs event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games[5][6] where she won a bronze medal.[7]
National
[edit]In 2001, Cameron won the singles crown at the Irish National Bowls Championships, bowling for Ballymena BC. In 2022, she won the triples title.[8]
Coaching
[edit]Cameron was selected as a coach for the Northern Ireland team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland.[9]
Cameron was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to lawn bowls in Northern Ireland.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "'Shaw strikes gold'". The Times. 25 October 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "'Guernsey finally falter". The Times. 1 November 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Jones, D.R. (1995) 'S Africa's bowlers reclaim top spot'". The Times. 24 April 1995. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "'For the Record' (1995)". The Times. 1 May 1995. p. 32. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "Bowler Barbara bids for bronze medal". Ballymena Times. 31 July 2014.
- ^ Beacom, Steve (2 August 2014). "Barbara Cameron's dream comes true at her fifth games". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "2022 IWBA National Championships". Northern Ireland Womens Private Greens League. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "In full: Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games squad is announced for Gold Coast 2018". Belfast Telegraph.
- ^ "No. 63135". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 2020. p. B26.
- 1962 births
- Living people
- Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Northern Ireland
- People from Coalisland
- Female lawn bowls players from Northern Ireland
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Recipients of the British Empire Medal
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games