Gary McCloy
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| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 May 1969 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Gary Samuel McCloy (born 28 May 1969) is an Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
Bowls career
[edit]He won a bronze medal in the fours at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg.
He was also part of the fours team that secured the gold medal for Northern Ireland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the other members were Ian McClure, Martin McHugh and Neil Booth.[2]
In 2007 he won the pairs silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[3][4]
He also won the 1994 and 2019 Irish National Bowls Championships singles title.[5][6][7]
In 2022, he won his fifth national title when winning the triples at the Irish National Bowls Championships.[8]
In 2023, he won the triples title, with Derek Smith & Ian McClure at the British Isles Bowls Championships, held in Ayr.[9]
Personal life
[edit]He is married to fellow Irish international bowler Donna McNally and they run the Ballybrakes bowls shop within the Ballybrakes Community Bowls Club.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Profile: Gary McCloy". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ "2007 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Bowls". The Times. 18 July 2007. p. 61. Retrieved 20 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "IBA Singles winners". Irish Bowls Association. Archived from the original on 20 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ "Hogg and Wilson back on winners' podium after nine years". Belfast Telegraph. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "2022 IBA Championships". Irish Bowls Association. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "ENGLAND WINNERS TRIUMPH AT BRITISH ISLES CHAMPIONSHIPS". Bowls England. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ "Ballybrakes Community Bowls Club". Association Ireland Indoor Bowls. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
External links
[edit]- Gary McCloy at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Male lawn bowls players from Northern Ireland
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Northern Ireland
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls European Champions
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games