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Noel Graham (bowls)

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Noel Graham
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Northern Irish)
Born (1968-11-02) 2 November 1968 (age 56)
Sport
ClubLisnagarvey BC
Medal record
Representing Ireland
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Ayr fours
Silver medal – second place 2004 Ayr pairs
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 singles
Gold medal – first place 1999 triples
Representing  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Victoria fours
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Manchester fours

Noel Henry Graham is a Northern Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

Bowls career

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Graham (born 1968) won a bronze medal in the fours at 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria and repeated the feat eight years later at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.[2][3]

In the World Championships he won gold medal in the fours with Jonathan Ross, Neil Booth and Jim Baker[4] and a silver medal with Jim Baker in the pairs during the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[5]

In 1995, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic singles title, in addition to winning three pairs titles in 1999, 2000 and 2005.[6][7] He won the 1995 Irish National Bowls Championships singles [8] and subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1996.[9]

Graham retired from international competition in 2014.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "profile". Bowls Tawa. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Noel Graham profile". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. ^ "Commonwealth Games call up for Ballyclare teacher". Newtownabbey Times and East Antrim Times. 31 January 2002. Retrieved 20 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ ""Ireland success." Times [London, England] 7 Aug. 2004". The Times.
  5. ^ "Irish pair lose final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  6. ^ "HK Classic winners Men Singles". HKLBA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  7. ^ "HK Classic winners Men Pairs". HKLBA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  8. ^ "IBA Singles winners". Irish Bowls Association.
  9. ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council. 30 July 2013.
  10. ^ "Irish international duo Noel Graham and Neil Booth finally call it a day". News Letter.