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Donna McNally

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Donna McCloy
née Donna McNally
Personal information
Birth nameDonna McNally
NationalityNorthern Irish
Born (1972-09-02) 2 September 1972 (age 52)
Dundonald, Northern Ireland
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubBallymena BC
Medal record
Lawn bowls
Representing combined Ireland
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Christchurch Fours
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Cape Town triples
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Bangor fours
Irish Nationals
Gold medal – first place 2000 pairs
Gold medal – first place 2012 fours
Gold medal – first place 2022 triples

Donna McCloy (née Donna McNally, born 2 September 1972) is a Northern Irish international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career

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International

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McNally won the triples gold medal at the 1999 Atlantic Bowls Championships with Margaret Johnston and Dorothy Kane.[2][3] Six years later she won the fours bronze medal at the 2005 Atlantic Championships.[4]

She then won the bronze medal in the fours at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch.[5]

After taking part in the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2014 Commonwealth Games[6] she was selected as part of the Northern Ireland team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland.[7]

National

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McNally won the 2000 pairs title at the Irish National Bowls Championships, bowling for the Comber Club. [8] Twelve years later she won the 2012 fours title at the National Championships bowling for the Ballymena Bowls Club.[9] A further ten years later in 2022, she won a third national title after winning the triples.[10]

Personal life

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She is married to fellow Irish international bowler Gary McCloy and they run the Ballybrakes bowls shop within the Ballybrakes Community Bowls Club.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Donna McNally". Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  2. ^ "'Johnston maintains dominance' (1999)". The Times. 29 March 1999. p. 31. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  3. ^ "'For the Record' (1999)". The Times. 25 March 1999. p. 53. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  4. ^ "2005 Atlantic Rim Games". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 11 January 2006. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Medallists". Burnside Bowling Club. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Donna McCloy". Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Commonwealth Games 2018: Northern Ireland name 88-strong squad". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 9 January 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Bowls". Sunday Life. 3 September 2000. Retrieved 3 September 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Irish Women's Bowling Association National Championships". Irish Women's Bowling Association. Archived from the original on 13 December 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  10. ^ "2022 IWBA National Championships". Northern Ireland Womens Private Greens League. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Ballybrakes Community Bowls Club". Association Ireland Indoor Bowls. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
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