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John Higgins (bowls)

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John Stewart Higgins
Personal information
NicknameHiggy
NationalityNorthern Irish
Born(1940-09-09)9 September 1940
Belfast
Died2 May 2012(2012-05-02) (aged 71)
Belfast
OccupationGreen keeper
EmployerCave Hill BC / Salisbury BC
Sport
SportLawn bowls
LeagueN. I. B. A
ClubYork Road Civil Defence BC / 58th Old Boys Bowling Club
Medal record
Representing combined Ireland
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Johannesburg triples
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Edinburgh fours
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 1978 triples

John Stewart Higgins (1940–2012) was an Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

Bowls career

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He started bowling aged 15[2] and won a bronze medal in the triples at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg.[3] He also won a bronze medal in fours at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.[4]

He won the 1969 Irish National Bowls Championships singles.[5][6]

Higgins plied his trade with YRCD bowling club through most of his career before joining the, 58th Old Boys Bowling Club[7] after YRCD's demise. Since his passing the YRCD Hall as it is known has been renovated and also incorporates the HUBB Community Resource Centre, where a mural proudly stands of John playing bowls for his club.

References

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  1. ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. ^ Bell, Harry E (1976). 3rd World Bowls Championship, South Africa 1976. J.G.Ince & Son Ltd.
  3. ^ Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  4. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Bowls". GBR Athletics.
  5. ^ "IBA Singles winners". Irish Bowls Association.
  6. ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
  7. ^ https://nibabowls.org/history/